The heroic NYPD Irish cops who gave their all to keep the city safe

Some were killed in line of duty, others injured protecting the public

Stephen served in the Midtown South Precinct, and the Disorder Control Unit. On January 16, 1996 he was transferred to the Street Crime Unit. On February 9, 1998 he was transferred to the Emergency Services Squad # 4. Stephen was a member of the NYPD Emerald Society Pipe Band Color Guard, the NYPD Holy Name Society, the NYPD US Navy Association, the NYPD Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, and a past Volunteer Fireman in the Croton on Hudson, N.Y. Fire Department.

Stephen was a Trustee with the New York State Shields, and the Lake Carmel, N.Y. Community Center. On November 11, 2001 the Lake Carmel, NY Community Center dedicated Driscoll Hall. On November 27, 2001 the Shields renamed our Medal of Valor, as the P.O. Stephen P. Driscoll Medal of Valor, to honor his memory. On October 17, 2002 the NYPD Navy Association presented the first annual Stephen P. Driscoll award. In 2003 the New York State Fraternal Order of Police formed the Stephen P. Driscoll Memorial Lodge.

Stephen is survived by his parents Patrick and Letitia, his wife Ann, son Barry, siblings, Gail, Sheila, Jeanne, Michelle, and Michael, and mother-in-law Helene, brother-in-laws, Billy (ret. FDNY), John (NYPD Sgt.), Joe (NYS Corrections Officer), sister-in-law Keri, and many nieces and nephews.

Stephen Driscoll was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during the Annual Medal Day ceremony on December 4, 2001. The New York City Police Department Medal of Honor is the highest award that may be bestowed upon a member of the service. 

Steven MacDonald

Steven McDonald is a NYPD detective who was shot on July 12, 1986. The shooting left him quadriplegic. He is the most seriously injured New York City Police officer to survive his injury.

McDonald was shot three times in the line of duty by 15-year-old Shavod Jones (1971–1995) whom he was questioning about bicycle thefts in Central Park.

Detective McDonald and a co-worker were on patrol in Central Park, because there had been reports of mischief in the area. Three young boys between the age of 13 and 15, who looked suspicious, started running away when the two police officers went towards them. They split up, and McDonald found them hiding in some bushes. He started to question them, and noticed something in the sock of one of the boys and when he wanted to see what it was, he was shot and nearly killed.The first of the three bullets that hit Steven McDonald hit him in the head, above his eye. The second hit his throat which caused him to have a speaking disability and the third shattered his spine, paralyzing him from the neck down and leaving him quadriplegic.

Jones served nine years in prison for the shooting, and was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 9, 1995, three days after his release on parole. Earlier, Jones called Detective Steven McDonald to apologize, but the two never met in person after the incident.

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