David Lerner Associates and the Greater Long Island Running Club have announced that the Award for the first Law Enforcement Officer to cross the finish line of the 24th annual David Lerner Associates Long Island Police Appreciation Run on the evening of June 4th will be redesignated as the “Detective Brian Moore Memorial Award.”
The Run will start and finish at the Eisenhower Park Fieldhouse at 7:00 PM on the evening of the 4th.
NYPD Officer Moore, a lifetime resident of Massapequa, was killed in the line of duty on May 2nd by gunfire while he and his partner were patrolling a Queens neighborhood. He was promoted posthumously to the rank of first grade detective.
The David Lerner Run supports a special fund that aids law enforcement officers and heir families in times of personal financial emergency. Well over $300,000 has been donated to police families over the years.
“We at David Lerner Associates fully endorse naming the award for Detective Brian Moore,” stated David Lerner Associates President John G. Dempsey. “It will serve as an annual reminder of not only his dedication and heroism, but also of the perils faced by law enforcement officers everywhere.”
“Brian Moore’s murder was something that hits home for all of us,” said Greater Long Island running Club Director of operations Linda Ottaviano. “Outstanding young men and women like Brian put themselves in harm’s way for us every day, and they deserve nothing but the best from the public.”
“I think that this is very appropriate and a nice honor; it goes to the heart of what this Run is all about,” observed Alan Hirsch, President of the Nassau Police Running Club. “Brian Moore represents what all law enforcement officers do every day no matter what jurisdiction they protect and serve.”
