Above: Thomas Curry (holding plaque) was too ill to attend when he and his partner, Nicholas Binetti, were honored at a recognition ceremony at his old 26 Pct. stomping grounds March 30. On May 19, 1971, Black Panthers seriously wounded Curry and Binetti in a machine-gun attack while the officers were guarding Manhattan DA Frank Hogan’s home. Both cops survived and continued their distinguished NYPD careers. The Curry family attended the ceremony, as did Binetti and his family, and his plaque was brought home to Tom Curry, who (in photo) poses with wife Mary Lou and grandson, Tommy Williams. On May 14, just five days before the 36th anniversary of the attack. Thomas Curry passed away.

Above: At the 47 Pct. in early April, P.O. George Werdann was honored in a recognition ceremony. Officer Werdann died a hero while taking police action while off duty on Feb. 21, 1982. His family, surrounded by former and current PBA executive board members, accepted a plaque in his name. Pictured here are (l-r) Bronx Trustee Scott Williamson; City-Wide Trustee Brian Mooney; former Bronx Trustee Jerry Lange; Second Vice-President Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar; President Patrick Lynch; Bronx Trustee Joseph Anthony; Officer Werdann’s father, Mr. George Werdann; Mr. Werdann’s sisters (Officer Werdann’s aunts) Mrs. Mary Ellen Blake and Mrs. Ginger Burt; former Bronx Financial Secretary John Young; and Bronx Financial Secretary Daniel Malone.  Photo by Mike Dabin/Daily News

Above: Members of the Family Flynn got together with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Bill Young in December for the clan’s latest police graduation as Raymond J. Flynn IV was sworn in as a police officer in the LVPD. Pictured at the event are (l-r) PBA Manhattan South Trustee John Flynn; Sheriff Young (since retired); Raymond J. Flynn IV; the new officer’s grandfather, Raymond J. Flynn, Jr.; and the new officer’s father, Raymond J. Flynn III, Assistant Sheriff of the LVMPD.