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Fallen Queens detective honored at L.I. funeral
BY TIMOTHY BOLGER
editorial@qns.com
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Th ousands of police offi cers from
across the country lined the streets of
Hampton Bays on Wednesday to salute
fallen New York City police Detective
Brian Simonsen at his funeral, where he
was remembered for his dedication.
Th e 42-year-old was a member of the
NYPD’s 102nd Precinct Detective Squad,
where he worked his entire 19 years
on the job, which NYPD Commissioner
James O’Neill noted is a rarity these days.
Simonsen drove 140 miles round trip
from his home in Calverton to work in
Queens.
“Brian was the one you were grateful
to see arrive at the scene,” O’Neill
said during the Catholic funeral mass at
the Church of Saint Rosalie. “He had a
knack for making people feel like his best
friend … Brian knew how to talk to people,
and more importantly, he knew how
to listen.”
High-ranking elected offi cials and dignitaries
turned out to show their respects,
as did members of the community, who
lined the streets to say goodbye to the
detective as his procession slowly rolled
down Montauk Highway before he was
taken to Jamesport Cemetery, where he
was laid to rest beside his sister and father.
“All of us who came to know Brian have
The wife of fallen Detective Brian Simonsen of the 102nd Precinct Detective Squad clutches the NYPD fl ag that draped his casket at his funeral Mass on Feb. 21.
come to understand how exceptional he
truly was,” New York City Mayor Bill de
Blasio said. “He was devoted to his precinct.”
Simonsen, who made 600 arrests during
his career, was fatally struck by friendly
fi re at the scene of a robbery in Queens
last week. NYPD offi cers responding to
a robbery at a T-Mobile store on Atlantic
Avenue in Richmond Hill shot Simonsen
and his partner, Sgt. Matthew Gorman, at
6:24 p.m. Feb. 12, police said. Simonsen
sustained a gunshot wound to the chest
that proved fatal. Th e sergeant, a Seaford
Photo: Timothy Bolger/THE COURIER
resident, was hit in the leg and was treated
at Jamaica Hospital.
Th e alleged robber, 27-year-old career
criminal Christopher Ransom, and his
accused lookout, 25-year-old Jagger
Freeman, were charged with murder, robbery,
assault, and weapons possession.
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