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Lt. Richard Brooks
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A Babylon Town bay constable was shot and killed on a quiet waterfront street in Oak Beach Friday by a man he had attempted to pull over for driving erratically, police said. A state park police officer later shot the suspect to death as he was attempting to flee.
Authorities identified the constable as Richard Brooks, 44, a retired New York City police officer who lives in Amityville and works one day a week as a constable, and the suspect as James Wilson, 42, of 79 Hawser Dr., Oak Beach. The incident unfolded around 3 p.m. when Brooks, driving in a marked constable vehicle on the Robert Moses Causeway, saw Wilson driving erratically, said Suffolk Police Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick.
Brooks, who also was a volunteer with the Amityville Fire Department, is married with two children. An unidentified woman who answered the telephone at the Brooks home declined to comment, saying, "Sorry. This is not a good time ... I don't want to talk to anyone right now."
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ArtAID pays tribute to these brave uniformed officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice and given their lives in the line of duty.
Our hearts go out to our fellow officers and the friends and families of those who have suffered the loss of their loved ones.

This piece sponsored by Millennium Protective Services, Inc.
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