Police Officer Elbert Stuyvesant, Port Washington Police District, New York

Police Officer Elbert Stuyvesant

Port Washington Police District, New York

End of Watch Tuesday, July 8, 1924

Elbert Stuyvesant

Officer Stuyvesant died after being overcome by gas in a cesspool while attempting to rescue a man from it. The original man and another citizen who tried to rescue Officer Stuyvesant all died as a result of the gas.

He had served with the agency for 2 years.

Bio

Age Not available
Tour 2 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Exposure to toxins

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Police Officer Elbert Stuyvesant was the first negro police officer in the Port Washington Police District. Not until several decades later did the agency have another like officer: Ronald Pinckney.

P.O.
PWPD, Ret.

July 31, 2016