Philip Caruso Death, Obituary : Philip Caruso was a former patrolman who served as president of the union, representing New York City police officers for 15 years. He fiercely defended them as crime peaked and cops were being accused of brutality and corruption, he died on August 8th in Sayville, N.Y. He was 86.
When Mr. Caruso took the reins of the union in 1980, then it was called the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, then the personnel and morale were depleted from a devastating layoff during the city’s fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s. After he stepped down in 1995, its ranks had surged to record strength after thousands of officers had been hired, and crime was started to plummet. He was on the force for 37 years.
Mr. Caruso was generally well-regarded by the city officials with whom he dealt daily and conducted labor negotiations.
Tributes To Philip Caruso
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Philip Caruso, Former N.Y.P.D. Union President, Dies at 86 – The New York Times (a great police union leader) https://t.co/eIHfH2C537
— Ron (@RonDeLord) September 24, 2021
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