The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: “This Academy class will provide some welcome relief for our overworked officers on the street, but the NYPD staffing crisis is far from over.”
Officer Islam’s funeral was covered on all TV channels. See Patrick Hendry’s eulogy at the funeral and more coverage of the event on PIX 11 News and News 12 Bronx.
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in amNY: “Our brother should have gone home to the Bronx last night to embrace his family. Instead, his fellow New York City police officers are carrying him home, and we are going to embrace his family as if they are our own.”
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the NY Post, amNY, and in the opening of the amNY editorial: “PO Didarul Islam was a hero from the moment he put on our uniform. When pure evil showed up on his post last night, he stood between that evil and innocent people. Police officers are mourning him as a friend and co-worker, but we ask all New Yorkers to honor him as the hero he was.”