{"id":286686,"date":"2026-07-04T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286686\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:21:07","slug":"nyc-father-daughter-duo-patrol-on-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286686\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC father daughter duo patrol on Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s all hands on deck this Fourth of July for a father and daughter from Staten Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Terence Hurson, executive officer of Patrol Borough Staten Island, and his daughter Shannon Hurson, a U.S. Coast Guard second-class petty officer, are both providing security in New York Harbor<\/a> during the Sail4th tall ship parade and Macy\u2019s Fireworks this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shannon, who\u2019s usually stationed on Lake Michigan, jumped at the chance to work near her 55-year-old dad when she got the chance, she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deputy Chief Terence Hurson and his daughter, Guardswoman Shannon Hurson, were both policing the July 4 festivities. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been talking about this event <\/a>for a while,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I was really excited to jump on the opportunity to be in the same vicinity as my dad working in New York Harbor where I grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old, who was an NYPD Explorer when she was in high school, is among about 250 members of the Coast Guard in the city this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some of them are in the harbor and others are at a command center located at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on 11th Avenue in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Coast Guardswoman Shannon Hurson on a boat off Staten Island. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

While her dad will be on the land doing his job, Shannon will be on a 29-foot response boat looking for threats, \u201cchecking the overall safety\u201d and looking for law-breakers<\/a>, she said.<\/p>\n

Shannon has worked on a search and recovery team and received law enforcement training in her regular job, she said. She\u2019s also been trained in how to make an ice rescue because Lake Michigan freezes over for part of the year.<\/p>\n

But her favorite thing about the job is \u201cjust being out on the water and being able to help people in different situations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Coast Guard member jumped at the chance to come work with her dad, one of the highest ranking chiefs in Staten Island. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

Shannon Hurson admired her police officer father her entire life, she said. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

Her dad, who has almost 33 years at the NYPD, recalled being worried when she left home after high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI supported her because it\u2019s what she wanted to do but being her dad I was nervous when she went to boot camp,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when she came out for her graduation ceremony I was very proud of her and she was beaming with pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

His daughter has served in the Coast Guard for four years, took the NYPD exam and hopes to follow in her dad\u2019s footsteps soon, she said, calling the Harbor Unit her \u201cgolden ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n

She will be out of the Coast Guard soon and hopes to join the NYPD. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

Part of her training on Lake Michigan has been in ice rescues since that lake freezes over in the winter. Courtesy of Terence Hurson<\/p>\n

Her dad has been her biggest inspiration, she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe always seemed like he was helping people,\u201d she said. \u201cI really admired that growing up. So it was always in the back of my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s all hands on deck this Fourth of July for a father and daughter from Staten Island.\u00a0 Deputy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[27688,40550,57,9,24,4180,63,103,134,136,135,58],"class_list":["post-286686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-coast-guard","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-harbor","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}