Recently Fallen
Sergeant Kerry Winters
Ulster County Sheriff's Office
End of Watch: Thu., Sept. 22, 2016
Sergeant Kerry Winters drowned while conducting a training dive with the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's In-Water Rescue Team in Ashokan Reservoir at approximately 12:30 pm.
He became separated from his two dive partners during the dive. He was found unresponsive a short time later and brought to the surface where other deputies performed CPR and utilized an AED. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Sergeant Winters had served with the Ulster County Sheriff's Office for 31 years and was assigned to the Corrections Division. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Our Mission
Blue Friday of New York, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 corporation which was established to help to assist the families of law enforcement officers who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty as well as the families of officers who have died outside the line of duty if needed. Our goal is to make sure the family knows that “They are not forgotten and they will never stand alone”.
Blue Friday assists in providing the resources needed by the families or co-workers of law enforcement officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty on:
- survivor victimization issues and grief counseling
- assists the families in their attending the National Police Memorial in Washington, DC
- assists the law enforcement agencies or the families in the paperwork process for a line of duty death.
- will train the representatives of the different Law Enforcement agencies on how to cope with and how to apply for the benefits for a line of duty death.
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P.O. Box 38235
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End of Watch On This Date:
Officer Raymond Cleveland
Poughkeepsie City Police Department
Thursday, September 25, 1969