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Detective First Grade

Anastasios Tsakos

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Felonious

End of Watch April 27, 2021

Age 43

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 9005

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Gender Male

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Incident

Anastasios Tsakos, known as Tasso, was a police officer with Highway Patrol Unit #3, assigned to the Accident Collision Squad. Over 14 years with the department he made more than 200 arrests, took only three sick days and testified for victims in court on his own time.

During the overnight shift on 27 April 2021, Officer Tsakos was securing the scene of an earlier fatal crash on the Long Island Expressway. At about 2:00 a.m., while he stood beside his marked patrol car, he was struck by a 2013 Volkswagen driven by an intoxicated driver whose license was suspended. The driver fled but was chased down and arrested by NYPD officers. Officer Tsakos died later at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Queens. He was 43 years old.

The driver, Jessica Beauvais, had twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system and admitted smoking marijuana before driving. Her trial in Queens Supreme Court began on 9 August 2022, and on 31 October 2023 a jury found her guilty on all counts, including manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a fatal incident. Sentencing was set for 14 December 2023.

Thousands of mourners attended his funeral at the Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Suffolk County, where his widow, Irene, delivered a eulogy. At the funeral he was posthumously promoted to detective first grade and given gold shield 9005.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, 6-year-old daughter, and 3-year-old son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective First Grade Tsakos gave the New York City Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective First Grade Tsakos.

— 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 April 27, 2021

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 43

Badge Number 9005

Gender Male

Assignment Highway Unit Patrol #3

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Anastasios 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 2021, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Anastasios was 43. 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. Anastasios had served 13 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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 automobile; alcohol involved, in 1% of these deaths.

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