New Rochelle Police Rededicates Exterior Memorial, Adds Two Names
Summary
The New Rochelle Police Department held a rededication of its exterior memorial, adding Kathleen O'Connor Funicello and Mark Gatto to the monument and honoring 10 officers who died in the line of duty.
Captain Collins Coyne, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, opened the ceremony and welcomed attendees to the memorial rededication at New Rochelle Police headquarters. "I'm Captain Collins Coyne, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, and I welcome you all to our memorial monument rededication," he said.
Detective Gregory Herring, president of the New Rochelle Police Benevolent Association, said the event formally adds two names to the exterior memorial wall. "We gather here today with gratitude, reverence, and remembrance as we add 2 names to this memorial wall," Herring said, identifying the ceremony's principal purpose. City and department leaders, family members and retired officers attended the ceremony.
City Manager Wilfredo Melendez and Police Commissioner Neil K. Reynolds each gave remarks framing the rededication as part of ongoing remembrance; the ceremony included readings of the histories of officers whose names are on the wall, a blessing and a small reception. Reynolds invited attendees to view the department's interior memorial wall after the ceremony and noted a christening planned for Marine 1 in honor of Mark Gatto.
The department invited families and members of the public downstairs for light refreshments following the ceremony and encouraged visitors to see both the newly updated exterior monument and the interior police memorial wall.
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