One year after police officer Didarul Islam was killed in the lobby of a Midtown office tower, those who knew him returned to the Bronx precinct he called home.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince his passing, much of the world has come to know Didar through the circumstances of his loss. Those gathered here knew a far larger life,\u201d Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.<\/p>\n
Islam was working an NYPD-approved security detail at 345 Park Avenue when a gunman targeting the NFL headquarters opened fire, killing three others before taking his own life.<\/p>\n
In a note, the gunman blamed football and the league for brain damage he believed he\u2019d suffered.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, outside the 47th Precinct station house, the focus was making sure Islam\u2019s end of watch isn\u2019t the end of his story.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is always an empty place that no one can replace. We miss you every single day,\u201d Islam\u2019s brother-in-law, Kamrul Hasan, said.<\/p>\n
Just days ago, the Bronx block where Islam raised his family became \u201cDetective Didarul Islam Way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The slain officer had been promoted to the rank of detective following his death.<\/p>\n
In Albany, lawmakers are backing the Didarul Islam Police Recruitment Act, legislation named in his honor that would recognize prior public safety service toward NYPD pensions, a path he took himself before becoming a police officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike so many immigrants, he believed in the promise of America and through hard work, sacrifice and faith, he could build a better future for his family, and he did,\u201d Deputy Inspector Muhammad Ashraf said.<\/p>\n
A year has passed since the city\u2019s deadliest mass shooting in a quarter century. But for those who loved Detective Diderul Islam, the measure of time isn\u2019t the anniversary.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s measured by the legacy his department is determined to pass on, ensuring future officers remember not just how he died but why he served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One year after police officer Didarul Islam was killed in the lobby of a Midtown office tower, those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[387,25,388,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,308,27,200],"class_list":["post-308198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-louis-finley","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308198","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=308198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}