On Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 11:00 am, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr., the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Suffolk County Deputy Sheriffs P.B.A. and the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, will host its Annual Memorial Service to honor 76 Suffolk County Correction Officers and Deputy Sheriffs who have died in service since 1887. In the past year, the department lost three additional members from their ranks including an officer to COVID-19, as well as 25-year-old Correction Officer Candice Ogiejko who was killed in a tragic car accident last June.
Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. will give the Memorial Service Address and District Attorney Raymond Tierney will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. The service will be attended by family members of the departed who passed away while in service.
The ceremony will take place outside of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office at 100 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901.
The ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/