Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Vito Valenzano suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to two separate complaints. At approximately 6:30 p.m., he had to walk four flights of stairs due to a stuck elevator during the first complaint. During a second complaint, four hours later, he had to walk five flights of stairs to answer a domestic dispute. After clearing himself of the second complaint, Patrolman Valenzano had chest pains and checked himself into Roosevelt Hospital, where he suffered a fatal heart attack in the emergency room. Patrolman Valenzano was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the New York City Police Department for five years.
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- July 23, 2026
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Valenzano gave the New York City Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Vito Michael Valenzano served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Vito Michael Valenzano is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 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 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At New York City Police Department, 44 of 1237 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Vito Michael Valenzano's cause is highlighted.
How Vito Michael Valenzano Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Vito Michael Valenzano is highlighted in Apr.
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