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Detective First Grade

Peter John Figoski

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Felonious

End of Watch December 12, 2011

Age 47

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Badge 3364

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Gender Male

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Incident

Peter J. Figoski was a long-serving police officer in the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn and the devoted father of four teenage daughters, who were living with him at the time of his death.

Early on Monday, 12 December 2011, Officer Figoski and his partner, Officer Glenn Estrada, were backing up other officers on a 911 call reporting a robbery in progress in a basement apartment at 25 Pine Street in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. While the other officers questioned the victim inside, some of the robbers were still in the building. At about 2:30 a.m., one of them tried to escape and came upon Officer Figoski near the stairwell between the front door and the basement. The man pulled a semi-automatic handgun and shot him in the face at close range. The bullet entered under his left eye, passed through his neck and exited the back of his head.

Outside, Officer Estrada was struggling with another suspect when he heard the shot. He let that man go and chased the gunman, 27-year-old Lamont Pride, for several blocks before catching him near Chestnut and Fulton Streets. Investigators said the robbery had been planned against a small-time marijuana dealer, and that Pride was wanted in a shooting in North Carolina and had already served time there for robbery.

Officer Figoski was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he died at about 7:15 that morning. He was 47 years old. Within two weeks, a scholarship fund set up for his four daughters raised more than $1.3 million for their education.

He was posthumously promoted to Detective First Grade.

Survivors

He is survived by his four daughters.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Figoski gave the New York City Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Figoski.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 12, 2011

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 3364

Gender Male

Assignment 75 Precinct

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Peter is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2011, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Peter was 47. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Peter had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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