Roll of Honor
Stuart Craig Cohen
Incident
Senior Criminal Investigator Stuart Cohen died as the result of exposure to drugs and other chemicals inside a heroin stash house.
He and other members of the District Attorney's Drug Task Force raided the house three times over the course of eight days. After the third raid Investigator Cohen developed severe stomach pain and headaches. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition deteriorated and he died as a result of the exposure on April 8th, 2007.
Investigator Cohen had served with the Westchester County District Attorney's Office for 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Criminal Investigator Cohen gave the Westchester County District Attorney's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the White Plains community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Criminal Investigator Cohen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Criminal Investigator Stuart Craig Cohen is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 629 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.3% of this state's fallen. That is 20.2 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stuart Craig Cohen's cause is highlighted.
How Stuart Craig Cohen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Stuart Craig Cohen is highlighted in Apr.