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| NYPD Pulaski Association History |
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In
September of 1956 a small group of 31 police officers of
Polish Heritage met at Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, New
York. Sergeant Michael Labowski was elected to lead this
group to petition the New York City Police Department
for permission to establish a Polish Fraternal
organization.
Sergeant Labowski and the other founders, in searching
for a name for the organization, decided on Pulaski in
honor of the great Polish freedom fighter, General
Casimir Pulaski.
The founders saw in General Pulaski an unselfish bravery
and dedication to freedom which was consistent with the
goals of the organization they had established.
The establishment of the Pulaski Association within the
Police Department inspired the establishment of Polish
fraternal associations within the other civil service
departments.
Sergeant Labowski went on to organize and become the
first president of the Grand Council of Pulaski
Associations within Civil Service. In the years to
follow the Pulaski Association aided the establishment
of Polish fraternal organizations within police
departments in the neighboring counties of Westchester,
Nassau and Suffolk as well as in major cities such as
Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago.
The Pulaski Association has grown to a membership of
over 1,500 active and retired New York City police
officers of Polish and Slavic Heritage. The Association
is at the forefront of fraternal organizations within
the New York City Police Department as well as the
Polish Community. Each year on the first Sunday of
October, members of the Pulaski Association demonstrate
their ethnic pride by marching up Fifth Avenue in the
Pulaski Day Parade.
The Pulaski Association is known for it's support of
brotherhood, worthy charitable causes as well as it's
scholarship program. The Pulaski Association, each year
recognizes a police officer for a heroic act with the
awarding of the Pulaski Association, Medal For Valor.
A Pulaskian of the Year Award is also given to an
individual for actions deemed exceptional by the Pulaski
Association. The Pulaski Association is a supporter of
the Polish Gift of Life Program. This program brings to
the United States, Polish children in need of heart
surgery that is not available in Poland.
Each year the Pulaski Association awards more than
$20,000 in high school and college scholarships to
children of it's members.
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12/17 |
Adult Holiday Party |
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