Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Battery Park City Authority Chairman James Gill today honored Detective Jaime Betancourt and Police Officer Disdale O. Enton at a ceremony at the New York City Police Memorial in Battery Park City.  Officer Enton and Detective Betancourt died in the line of duty last year and had their names inscribed on the memorial wall.

“During their service with the NYPD, Detective Jaime Betancourt and Officer Disdale Enton made enormous contributions to the safety of our city, “said Mayor Bloomberg.  “They helped make New York the safest big city in the nation, and I want to offer my heartfelt condolences to their families and colleagues. Their names will forever grace this wall and their memories will remain in our hearts.”

Detective Jaime Betancourt was killed on March 31, 2002 following an altercation with a man armed with a knife in the 44th precinct.  Officer Betancourt was 34 years old and assigned to Bronx Narcotics.

Police Officer Disdale Enton died on August 28, 2002 after suffering an aneurysm from chasing a suspect wanted for domestic violence.  Officer Enton was 33 years old and assigned to the 113th Precinct.
 
The Police Memorial is dedicated to New York City Police Officers killed in the line of duty; the memorial serves as a symbol of their life and death. The design is composed of two distinct parts in which water is used as a metaphor in both. A fountain and a flume represent the life of a police officer. The death of the police officer is commemorated in an outdoor room defined by two parallel granite walls and depressed thirty inches below the esplanade.