Robert H. Holmes
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Robert H. Holmes was the first NYPD African-American officer to die in the line of duty. Robert Holmes was appointed to police officer on August 25, 1913. He was assigned to the 38th precinct in Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

, New York. In 1917, Officer Holmes was shot to death while chasing a burglar.

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  • NYCPM at www.nycpolicemuseum.org
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