THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

N E W Y O R K , N Y 10 00 7

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 13, 2011
No. 80
www.nyc.gov

MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF POLICE OFFICER ALAIN

SCHABERGER

The Following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s Remarks as Delivered at Lutheran Hospital
in Brooklyn this Morning:

“Well, good morning. I am joined here today by Police Commissioner Kelly; Chief of
Department Joe Esposito; Chief of Patrol Jim Hall; Assistant Chief Jerry Nelson, the Chief of
Brooklyn North; Deputy Chief Larry Nikunen, Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau
Manhattan Bureau; Inspector Vincent DiDonato, the Executive Officer of Brooklyn Detectives;
and Pat Lynch, President of the PBA.

“We’re here, again, at one of our City’s great hospitals this morning once again because
what appeared to be a routine domestic violence call early this morning became anything but
routine, and a decorated Officer Alain Schaberger fell about nine feet to his immediate death in
front of a Brooklyn home.

“Officer Schaberger entered the NYPD academy on July 2, 2001 and three months later
when the City’s command center crumbled and the team moved into the Police Academy in
Gramercy Park. The men and women of the July ’01 class moved out into our City out on the
streets and the sidewalks of our wounded City the cadets guarded checkpoints, helped family
members who came to Ground Zero try and cope with their horrific losses, and learned fast what
honor and sacrifice mean in the service to the people of New York City.

“Officer Schaberger was one of them, and this morning he and his family made the
ultimate sacrifice to keep our City safe. Like so many of the men and women of our uniformed
services Officer Schaberger served our nation before serving our City. He was in the US Navy
from 1991 to 1995. I met with Officer Schaberger girlfriend here at Lutheran and I spoke to his
father Paul this morning.

“Commissioner Kelly will run you through the details in a minute. But before he does I
just wanted to say this: post 9/11, many openly feared that this City’s greatest days were behind
us, and in particular that the historic gains that we made against crime would soon be erased.
Because of the men and women of the NYPD and their partners in law enforcement, that really
has not been the case.
 “Crime has fallen roughly another 40 percent, and the last three years have been the three
safest in our City’s history. And that’s significantly partly because the Police Department
because Yolanda Jimenez our City’s Domestic Violence Commissioner, and countless others
who have worked to break down the walls surrounding Domestic Violence in our city. Officer
Schaberger was answering a domestic violence call when he fell down the step.

“We’ve widely expanded the number of people, the kinds of relationships, and the types
of abuse covered by tough domestic violence laws. We’ve harnessed new and better technology,
and we’ve created Family Justice Centers that bring victims to one place to access a wide range
of services across City and State agencies.

“But, fundamentally, all too often it comes down what it did today to a victim, a
perpetrator with a long history of violence, and brave police officers. That’s what happened this
morning, and Allen Schaberger gave his life trying to save another’s.”

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Contacts: Stu Loeser/Jason Post (212) 788-2958