Stanley Dash

Detective Stanley Dash died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Detective Dash was a United States Army veteran who served with the New York City Police Department for 21 years and was assigned to the 6th Precinct detective squad.

Stanley Dash grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting at C.W. Post College on Long Island. He enlisted in the United States Army at 19 and spent 30 years in military service, serving in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was decorated and retired as a sergeant first class and combat medic.

In 1989, at 26, he became a civilian 911 dispatcher with Police Communications, where he met his wife, Pamela, and he held that job for 11 years. On 29 September 2000, at 37, he became a police officer. His first assignment, in 2001, was the Anti-Crime Unit of the 17th Precinct. He later joined the 6 Squad in the West Village, where he received his gold shield on 2 June 2014, and he served as a delegate from 2017 to 2019.

Detective Dash was still with the 6 Squad when he died of COVID-19 on 29 May 2021, during the pandemic. He was 57 years old. He loved basketball, running and the outdoors, especially upstate New York, and was known for his friendliness and constant smile. He was survived by his wife, three children and his siblings.