Officer Down: Officer Anastasios Tsakos
Source NYPD/NewYorkDailyNews/TNS
NEW YORK-Officer Anastasios Tsakos of the NYPD Highway Police, was killed by a drunk driver.
Officer Anastasios was directing traffic on a highway in Queens away from an accident when an intoxicated driver hit him at two in the morning. The driver who hit him has been arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter, DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a license that has been suspended, and reckless driving.
Officer Tsakos served New York City for 14 years and is survived by his wife an children.
Hilary Rodela
Hilary Rodela is currently a Surveillance Officer, a former Private Investigator, a former Crime Scene Investigator, and Evidence Technician. She worked for the Ruidoso (NM) Police Department as well as the Lubbock (TX) Police Department. She has written for several public safety publications and has extensive law enforcement and forensic training and is pursuing forensic expertise in various disciplines. Hilary is a freelance public safety writer and curriculum developer for the National Investigative Training Academy.
