OFFENDERS ON PAROLE OR PROBATION: A CONTINUING THREAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
     DETECTIVE THOMAS MCHALE OF THE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT NAMED OFFICER OF THE MONTH (September) BY THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND

For two decades, Franklin Township (NJ) Police Sergeant Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez distinguished himself as a no-nonsense

thomas_mchaleWASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has announced the selection of Detective Thomas McHale of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) as its Officer of the Month for September 2008.

cop who had a keen eye for suspicious activity and never shied away from following his instincts. The night of May 6, 1995, was no different.

At 10:30 p.m. — just a half hour before the end of his shift — Sergeant Gonzalez pulled over a suspicious vehicle occupied by two men. Working alone, he called for backup, but by the time assisting officers arrived, it was too late. As Sergeant Gonzalez was examining the driver's license, he was shot twice and died a few hours later.

       
   
Eliot Ness is best known for his days as a federal agent battling Al Capone and other Prohibition-era gangsters in Chicago.
More than 500 people got up early on Sunday morning, October 19, to participate in the inaugural Race to Remember: the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 5K, in Washington, DC, and to support a good cause.
             
               
   

It is Agent Jack Bauer's signature item of clothing: the hooded sweatshirt that actor Kiefer Sutherland wears on Fox's hit series,"24." Now, the Museum has acquired one of Jack Bauer's "hoodies," part of its growing collection of popular culture articfacts.
                 
                 

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