Patrolman Joseph Rauchut, NYPD – Saturday, December 14, 12 noon at 43 Street and 54 Road, at Maspeth Park. Rauchut was a WWII POW and member of NYPD Highway 2 who died in a collision on the Kosciuszko Bridge. The date was chosen to fall on what would have been his 100th birthday. His great-grandson just recently graduated from the police academy. We held a reception following the ceremony at historic Clinton Hall.