New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly will present the Roosevelt Awards to Deputy Inspector Thomas Cea, Detective Richard DeGaetano, Police Officer Michael Milio and Police Officer Jennifer R. Whitney. The presentation will take place this evening at the New York Yacht Club located at 37 West 44th Street, Manhattan.

Each of the Award recipients exemplifies Theodore Roosevelt's own personal history of overcoming physical ailments to succeed. These individuals could have left the Department due to their serious illnesses, but they elected to return.

The Police Commissioner's Roosevelt Awards are given each year to members of the New York City Police Department who have overcome a disability or illness, as Theodore Roosevelt triumphed over the physical impairments of his youth. Theodore Roosevelt served as President of the Board of Commissioners of the New York City Police Department.

WHAT: POLICE COMMISSIONER RAYMOND W. KELLY TO PRESENT THE ROOSEVELT AWARD TO

WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005, AT 7:00 P.M.

WHERE: NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
37 WEST 44TH STREET
MANHATTAN