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Police Officer Paul Michael Dittamo | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

Police Officer

Paul Michael Dittamo

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

End of Watch: Saturday, October 30, 2010

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 32

Tour: 1 year, 4 months

Badge # 4484

Cause: Automobile accident

Incident Date: 10/30/2010

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

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Police Officer Paul Dittamo was killed in an automobile accident while responding to assist an officer who was struggling with a suspect high on PCP.

At approximately 1:00 am, Officer Dittamo and his partner were responding to the incident on Morris Road, SE. Their vehicle was traveling northeast on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE when he swerved to avoid a vehicle that failed to yield right of way. Their patrol collided with a utility pole in the 2200 block of MLK Avenue. Officer Dittamo was killed in the collision and his partner sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Officer Dittamo had served with the Metropolitan Police Department, Seventh District, for just over one year. He is survived by his expectant wife, parents, brothers, sisters, and 23 nieces and nephews.

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Dittamo,

I miss you bro! You were there every step of the way. I remember our first day in the academy, the time we spent in 7D together, and that terrible night we worked that will haunt me forever. I'm glad I can say that my last memory of you was us laughing and joking. I loved that you were man enough to call someone out when they screwed up but humble enough to admit when you made a mistake. Losing you was like losing a brother, and man I miss you every day. I will never forget you, I will tell me kids and my grandkids about you, and not only of the sacrifice you made but the life you lived.

MPD 7d Officer
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March 21, 2012

 

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