Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Officer Ray Cannon.

I think of you every Christmas time.
I remember when I heard the news, as I was just a new Sgt in the 78PCT.

, I must have had the radio on to the song “CHRISTMAS, Baby Please Come Home” U2 Version.

That song has brought me to tears every Christmas since .

For a few years now, I have someone near and dear to me assigned to the 69PCT. He always thinks of you as he drives by each Christmas time and stops and says a prayer, for me, to you .

New young Officers of Canarsie are taught & reminded of your Dedication , Heroism and Legacy, as they receive their 69PCT Orientation and Field Training.

Ray, Watch over them and all the members of the NYPD safe

My thoughts and prayers to your Family, friends & loved ones, especially during this season.

Lt Patrick Leonard (Ret)
NYPD

December 16, 2023

Thinking of you this holiday season and remembering the sorrow we all felt 29 years ago.

EMT-P/Lt. Christine Bastedenbeck
FDNY Retired

December 12, 2023

Ray, you came out of the same academy class as I did.I was in BSTF and responded to the scene.You were the first job of a MOS shot I ever responded to.You were so young then. We all were. I will never forget the sacrifice you gave that day.you will always be remembered as the hero you are. RIP brother and God watch over your family.

Sgt. K Ford NYPD retired

July 7, 2023

Continue to rest in peace, brother.

Sgt. Thomas J. LaBarbera
NYPD (Retired)

December 2, 2022

Ray, we played hockey against your team in the Brooklyn Police Fire league on the day you were killed. I remember you having a great game and the smile on your face when we shook hands at the end of the game. I was shocked and saddened when I found out what happened to you that day. I still think about you and that game a lot. You are missed.
God bless you and your family.

LT. Gregg Magnifico (ret)
NCPD

September 7, 2022

Ray, we played hockey against your team in the Brooklyn Police Fire league on the day you were killed. I remember you having a great game and the smile on your face when we shook hands at the end of the game. I was shocked and saddened when I found out what happened to you that day. I still think about you and that game a lot. You are missed.
God bless you and your family.

LT. Gregg Magnifico (ret.)
NCPD

September 6, 2022

I worked with Ray at Sears Smithaven Mall in 1986, He was a great guy, we would always talk about our weekend plans . He is Always remembered, I Remember reading the Sad News in the Paper and was so saddened to hear about Ray. He was a great coworker and i am proud to have known him!

Tom McKinnon
Coworker Sears 1986

February 2, 2022

Ray, I came to the 69 only month’s earlier and now it’s 27 years later that you were taken from family, friends and co-workers. Being the “new guy,” along with the rest of the “new guys” were sent to Rockefeller for the Christmas tree lighting, got there and had to return. Where you were taken from us was supposed to be my foot post that night. This night will be forever etched into my head. I remember you being a leader in the Pct and this young dopey kid from Copiague looked up to you. You are tremendously missed for 27 years and never will forget you. You have saved my life numerous times in the last 27 years. Thank you for your service, sacrifice and leadership. Bless you and your family.

John Mercurio, PO, active
NYPD/ SCPD

December 7, 2021

Today makes 27 years. You aren’t forgotten. ❤️ Rip

Karen
Family friend

December 2, 2021

Ray Cannon, I remember the academy days as though it was yesterday as we talked in the locker room discussing our eagerness to do our job to the best of our ability to protect Life and Liberty as we took the oath to serve and protect. You will never be forgotten. You truly were a dedicated Law Enforcement Officer. You were a self propelled leader who never hesitated to risk your life for all of humanity. May God Bless you and your entire family.

P.O. Farag
NYPD

October 10, 2021

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I said: Here I am. Send me.” [Isaiah 6:8 HCSB]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, NCCA
Ordained/Licensed Independent Christian Clergy
Ministering to Law Enforcement Nationwide
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department

March 3, 2021

Rest in Peace! Never will be forgotten!!

Lieutenant Biagio Carbone
NYPD (retied)

December 2, 2020

Rest in peace, my brother. Thank you again for your service and sacrifice. Many blessings to your loving family.

Lieutenant Raymond Flores
NYPD (retired)

December 2, 2020

Still remember street hockey on frozen streets of Smithtown, dek hockey at studio and early mornings at Superior. RIP BROTHER

Jonathan Skolsky

October 12, 2020

Ray was a great young man and to have played ice hockey with him the morning of that terrible day will remain etched in my heart . Ray was a good hearted person who would often protect his smaller players ( Me) and for that I personally will always be grateful . On a hockey note Ray had a cannon of a wrist shot. Always missed never to be forgotten

PO Mark Mistretta
Friend and Teammate

September 17, 2020

Hey Ray,
I’m sitting on my couch watching the tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center!
This show always reminds me of you!
That night Twenty Five years ago I made a decision.
I was suppose to be the Patrol Sergeant of the 69 PCT.
But I was asked to change my post to the tree lighting ceremony at RockerFeller Center!
I accepted the post change!
By accepting the post change you went from Sgt. operator to patrol!
I’ve always wondered what would’ve happened if I didn’t make that decision!

I would like to say you were a great cop who I respected and admired!
I’ll never forget you!

Sergeant Donald Costleigh
NYPD NCPD

December 4, 2019

Ray, remembering you, your family and your sacrifice on behalf of the community you served. It’s hard to believe it has been 25 years - lost youth - lost innocence. May the Lord forever hold you and yours in His warm embrace.

Assistant Chief John Colgan (NYPD Ret.)
NYPD

December 4, 2019

Rest in perpetual peace my brother. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Lieutenant Raymond Flores
NYPD (retired)

December 2, 2019

Hi Ray,
Saying a prayer for you & everyone missing you today. “Second to None”. The pain & heartbreak of today; 25 years later. Never goes away.

P.O. Curnyn
NYC Housing Police Department

December 2, 2019

To the family, friends and colleagues of HERO Officer Raymond R. Cannon, Jr. : Proudly mailed my NO PAROLE letter, on his behalf. Praying that it makes it in time (from Pacific NW) to make a difference.
To Officer Cannon: So many people have shared stories about you. Clearly you made a lasting impression, during your short time on earth.
Thank You for your service and sacrifice. You are not forgotten!
God Bless You All.

Allie Wroten
Proudly Supporting All L.E.O.’s
Wife of a Corrections Deputy

February 24, 2019

Rest in peace Officer Cannon.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2019

I’m an old time friend of the Cannon brothers. When I met them Ray was “ one of the little brothers”. I saw him shortly before he passed. We were at his parents house and he just picked up his honeymoon pictures. It was the first time I saw him as the man he became. He grew up to be the “whole package” a true man. He was killed when my first child was 4 weeks old. I look at her now and think of the lifetime he lost. The pain his family lives with will never go away. Ray didn’t live his life in vain, he taught many officers after him valuable lessons that are still taught today. He left a legacy he would be proud of. Xoxo

Karen
Family friend

January 10, 2019

Thank you Officer Cannon for your service and sacrifice as well as your partner.

I lost one of my brothers just 11 days later in Michigan. He was hot and murdered by an escapee from our local jail.

Captain Rick Yonker (Ret.)
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety

December 12, 2018

Thank you Officer Cannon for protecting people On Earth and watching over us in Heaven.Rest in Eternal Peace .Your heroic actions epitomize policework You run in when others run out Words cannot begin to describe your Braveness.

David A DeConinck
Nypd

December 4, 2018

MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE OFFICERS FAMILY. HE WILL BE ALWAYS REMEMBERED IN OUR PRAYERS

FRANK DEMARCO
RETIRED NYCPD DETECTIVE

December 3, 2018