Vincent DeVivo

Suffolk County Police Department — Yaphank, NY

Cardiac

End of Watch October 28, 1962

Age 35

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 9 mo

The Vigil Panel 97 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Officer Vincent DeVivo suffered a fatal heart attack after being assaulted by a suspect at Jericho Turnpike and MacArthur Avenue in West Hills. Officer DeVivo was investigating a motor vehicle crash on September 17, 1962. While conducting his investigation, one of the drivers attacked him and the other driver. He was struck in the chest during the altercation. After subduing the subject, he placed him under arrest for driving while intoxicated. While transporting the driver to jail, Officer DeVivo began to suffer severe chest pains at the intersection of High Street and New York Avenue. He was taken to Huntington Hospital in critical condition. On October 28, 1962, Officer DeVivo suffered another heart attack at Huntington Hospital, which proved to be fatal. The subject was found guilty of third-degree assault and received a one-year suspended sentence. Officer DeVivo had served with the Suffolk County Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two children, parents, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman DeVivo gave the Suffolk County Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman DeVivo.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Suffolk County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY

Platform Identity scpd.suffolk.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1962

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 9 mo

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Patrolman Vincent DeVivo is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In NY, 99 of 2,147 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Suffolk County Police Department, 3 of 27 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Suffolk County Police Department

of 27 officers

11.1% Cardiac

NY — Statewide

of 2,147 officers

4.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Cardiac