They usually fly below the radar, however they put on uniforms and struggle crime — and at last acquired seen in a significant manner Tuesday.
Members of the New York Metropolis Well being + Hospitals Police Division in Brooklyn had been honored on the company’s first medal ceremony, with greater than 200 available to acknowledge the crew that tackles wrongdoers with out weapons and even pepper spray.
“The philosophy is, do excellent work, everyone lives, the bad guys go to jail, job done,” stated Vincent Martinos, a former NYPD detective and now chief of the South Brooklyn hospital pressure, on the Coney Island occasion. “This ceremony is making an attempt to honor them and their dedication to the group that we serve.
“We only patrol hospitals, and we don’t have firearms or mace, but we do have the responsibility to make arrests just the same as the NYPD,” stated Martinos, a three-star borough chief.
It might get fairly bushy within the hallways of Massive Apple hospitals.
Officer Stephen Cummings acquired a commendation Tuesday for nabbing a wished man as he was being discharged from a hospital — after a nurse who had been assaulted by the creep acknowledged him and tipped off the cop.
“I went over to talk to him to deescalate, and he just started punching me in the face,” Cummings recalled to The Publish. “I noticed blood throughout, and I stated, ‘Where’s the blood coming from? Who’s harm?’ And my companion was like, ‘Hey, Cummings. It’s you!’ “
Cummings stated the suspect had two open instances in Queens for assaulting girls, together with the nurse.
One other award was given to hospital cop Matvey Gornack, who acquired the meritorious medal for saving a affected person’s life by giving him a dose of Narcan in a quick-thinking transfer inside a van.
Nevertheless it wasn’t the craziest feat in his profession, he stated.
“The craziest thing was 10 years ago when the person in the ER jumped out the window,” Gornack stated. “He was in the psych ER, and he jumped right through the glass outside, and here I am chasing him down Ocean Parkway, and he is naked and has a bad cut and bleeding.”
Officer Collins Daley additionally was given the Glorious Police Responsibility medal for serving to ship a child.
“I have two kids of my own, and when I saw [the mother’s] face, I saw she needed me to stay with her and act quickly,” he stated. “Intuition kicked in. I reacted, it was an pressing scenario.
“I stayed with her all the way up until she gave birth,” Daley stated.
In all, 30 hospital cops had been cited Tuesday for his or her service.
Whereas common New Yorkers might not know there are cops patrolling metropolis hospitals, the NYPD and FDNY are well-versed within the exploits of their brethren and frequent companions.
“This isn’t just good partners,” stated FDNY Lt. Marat Nurilov. “This can be a essential partnership.
“We bring patients in to them who can sometimes be violent, and their officers got our backs so that we can focus on patient care,” Nurilov stated.
