Name : Whittington, James 

Rank: P.O.
Shield #: 8002 Command: P.B.B.N. Field Internal Affairs Unit
Date of Death: 1982-10-29   Cause of Death: Shot Off Duty
     
 Officer Whittington was shot and killed when he attempted to arrest a armed suspect while off-duty. Officer Whittington was off duty and getting a hair cut inside a barber shop when he was informed that there was a man with a gun outside having a argument with a woman. Officer Whittington exited the barber shop and attempted to apprehend the suspect. When the suspect fled, Officer Whittington chased him in his car and caught up with him in front of a New York City Housing Development on Dumont Avenue in Brooklyn. When Officer Whittington attempted to take the suspect into custody, there was a struggle and the suspect fired three shots, killing Officer Whittington.   
 
     
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Comments from Friends    
     
im am his great grandson, and ive never met him but i love you grandpa
— Jelani Whittington
I WAS JIMS SGT. IN THE 73 A/C UNIT. JIM (PANAMA) WAS ONE OF THE BEST STREET SMART OFFICERS I EVER WORKED WITH. HE WAS A TERRICIC COP & A GREAT PERSON.
— CARMINE LACAVA NYPD CAPT. RET.
rest in peace.
— sjs
Posted: November 15, 2006, 12:35 pm
THEY STILL REMEMBER YOU
— Jelani Whittington
Posted: February 28, 2007, 9:29 am
We met when you notice my 73 collar brass. You told me how you use to make great on and off collars in the 73 The next day (less than 24hrs after I met you) I heard on the radio that off duty cop in the 73 pct was killed. When I got to the 73 they told me the name of the PO and realized it was you. Man what a shock. You were a cops cop and died doing your job. Rest In Peace!
— Sgt. Hector L. Garcia NYPD Ret.
Posted: February 4, 2007, 8:56 pm
R.I.P Daddy. I'm Celebrating my Birthday today Feb 12. The day you gave me Life. I Love You Forever Whit from your #1 daughter Wendy
— Winona Ashby
Posted: February 12, 2007, 9:45 am
I am a crim trial atty in Boston and I heard so much about James from his Boston Police Dept brother Ernesto "Tito" Whittington, who recently passed away here in Boston.
— Davis C Bruce
Posted: March 7, 2008, 1:34 pm
rip daddy
— winona ashby
Posted: April 7, 2009, 2:00 pm
I just found this page and I'm so glad I did. Jim (Jimbo) was a very close friend and we worked together for about 5 years with Western Electric Co. I remember when Jim wanted to be a NYC Police Officer and when he finally got the call to attend the academy. I left NY in 75 and would call Jim every so often. He was the kind of friend that if I called Him or he me anytime anywhere, we would go to the aid of the other. We talked about many things and I felt I knew him like a brother. One of the saddest days in my life was when I found out, by calling and his father answered, me thinking it was Jim because they had the same last name, only to be told he had passed away some time ago. It brings good and bad memories to find this page today. good because he was such a good friend and bad because of the lost I know many feel because he knew everyone it seems. There were no strangers to Jim. Anyway I still remember him as a friend and to his family, his wife and daughters and all those in his family I do not know, He was a very close friend and a good guy. E will always be remembered by me. George Barner
— George Barner
Posted: July 28, 2010, 1:21 pm

 

 

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