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  • The Port Authority PBA always honors and remembers Police Officer Michael Teel, E.O.W. 3/21/2019. Police Officer Teel succumbed to a 9/11 illness contracted during his heroic and selfless work in the toxic environment of the World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery. Mike, continue your rest in the Lord's eternal embrace. Always Honored, Never Forgotten. #PAPD #PAPBA #papdprotectsnynj
  • The Port Authority PBA always honors and remembers Police Officer Bertram Winkler, E.O.W. 3/21/1972. Police Officer Winkler suffered a fatal heart attack while in foot pursuit of a robbery suspect on West 40th Street in Manhattan. Bertram, continue your rest in the Lord's eternal embrace. Always Honored, Never Forgotten. #PAPD #PAPDBT #PAPBA #papdprotectsnynj
  • Friday, March 20, 2026, Jersey City, NJ; Port Authority police were notified of two women threatening people with a knife on a Newark to World Trade Center PATH train Friday morning. Port Authority Police Officers Daniel Kacsmar and Tyler Ringwood, PAPD PATH Command, entered the train at Journal Square, Jersey City, and apprehended both women who were subsequently charged with various offenses. One of the women also had an active warrant out of Newark, New Jersey. #PAPD #PAPBA #PAPDPATH #papdprotectsnynj
  • Rest in Peace Master Sergeant Tyler Grezaffi, E.O.W. 3/18/2026. Sgt. Grezaffi, a member of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, was killed in an on-duty vehicle crash. She was 27 years old and served with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections for one year. She previously served with the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office and the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office. Sarge, rest in the Lord's eternal embrace. Always Honored, Never Forgotten. #thesacrificecontinues #louisianadepartmentofpublicsafetyandcorrections #PAPD #PAPBA #papdprotectsnynj
  • The Port Authority PBA wishes all a safe and Happy St. Patrick's Day. #PAPD #PAPBA #stpatricksday☘️ #papdprotectsnynj
  • Enjoy the Port Authority Police Department Pipes & Drums Band St. Patrick's Day morning as the band performs on The Today Show on NBC starting at 7AM. Then watch the PAPD Pipes & Drums march up Fifth Avenue in the 265th New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade beginning at 11AM. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. #PAPD #PAPBA #nycstpatricksdayparade #todayshow #papdpipesanddrums
  • Monday, March 16, 2026, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Manhattan, NYC; The Port Authority Police Department Pipes & Drums Band marched and performed on the main concourse of the South Wing of the Port Authority Bus Terminal spreading the spirit of St. Patrick for New Jersey and New York commuters Monday morning. Photo and Videos by PA Media Lenis Valens #PAPD #PAPBA #papdpipesanddrums #PAPDBT #papdprotectsnynj
  • Saturday, March 14, 2026, Washington Heights, NYC; Port Authority Police Officer Carlos Olivares responded to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Washington Heights for a report of a fight in progress. Olivares learned that whst was reported as a fight was actually a robbery. PO Olivares interviewed the victim who provided a description of two suspects and their direction of flight. The victim, who suffered facial, head and hand injuries, reported the suspects forcibly took the victim's cellphone and other property. PO Olivares began a canvass of the area and observed the suspects fleeing towards 179th Street and Broadway. Olivares pursued the suspects on foot and apprehended one suspect at 180th Street. That suspect was positively identified by the victim. The second suspect was not apprehended and is being investigated further by the PAPD Criminal Investigation Bureau. #PAPD #PAPBA #PAPDGWB #papdprotectsnynj
  • Originally posted by hobokenweekend on March 7, 2026. #PAPD #PAPDPATH #hobokenweekend #PAPBA #papdprotectsnynj
  • Friday, March 13, 2026, JFK Airport, Jamaica, NYC; Late Friday night, Port Authority police officers responded to a local car rental company on a report of a stolen vehicle. Police Officers Connor Hay, Ryan Ward and Brandon Busch gathered the suspect and vehicle description and began a canvass based on information provided by the rental company. PO Busch located the vehicle and suspect in the vicinity of North Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park. A felony car stop was conducted with the suspect being taken into custody and vehicle recovered. The suspect was charged with Grand Larceny Auto 2° among other charges and will also answer for an outstanding warrant out of Brooklyn. A job well done by Police Officers Hay, Ward and Busch. #PAPD #PAPBA #papdprotectsnynj #PAPDJFK
  • Saturday, March 14, 2026, Union, NJ; Cold wind? No problem! The Port Authority Police Pipes & Drums and PAPD Honor Guard were out marching and making sure the only thing louder than the wind was the music while bringing smiles to the young, the old, and everyone lining the parade route at the annual Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade in Union, NJ. PAPD Pipes & Drums Pipe Major and Port Authority PBA Financial Secretary Brian Ahern with New Jersey State Police Motorcycle Sergeant and New Jersey State Troopers NCO Association President Danny Oliveira representing two of the finest law enforcement agencies in the land. ☘️ #PAPDPROTECTSNYNJ #PAPD #PAPBA #pipesanddrums #PANYNJ
  • On this date in 2009 and 2011, we lost two of our heroes, Police Officers John Cortazzo and Pavlos