Daniel E. Quilty

Yonkers Police Department — Yonkers, NY

Illness

End of Watch October 15, 1936

Age 50

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Badge 61

The Vigil Panel 72 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Police Officer Quilty died from a ruptured appendix he received while carrying his partner to safety after he was injured. While on patrol, Officer Quilty and his partner observed a hotel fire. As Officer Quilty and his partner woke the tenants, Officer Quilty's partner was overcome by smoke. Officer Quilty, weighing only 150 pounds, carried his 220-pound partner from the building to safety. Officer Quilty was unaware that he had ruptured his appendix in the rescue, and died one week later. Officer Quilty had served with the agency for 23 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

23 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Quilty gave the Yonkers Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Yonkers community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Quilty.

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

Agency

Department Yonkers Police Department

Location Yonkers, NY

Platform Identity ypd.westchester.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 15, 1936

Tour of Duty 23 yrs

Age 50

Badge Number 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Police Officer Daniel E. Quilty 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%.

At Yonkers Police Department, 6 of 20 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Yonkers Police Department

of 20 officers

30% Illness

NY — Statewide

629

of 2,147 officers

29.3% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness