NYC Traffic Officer Kalyanarat Ranasinghe

[Retired1]

On-duty NYC Traffic Officer Kalyanarat Ranasinghe was killed when pinned under the wheel of a truck that was struck from behind by a bus.


Police identify NYC traffic agent killed by truck | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth


Credit: WFAA.COM

 

[CHIEFOPS]

On-duty NYC Traffic Officer Kalyanarat Ranasinghe was killed when pinned under the wheel of a truck that was struck from behind by a bus.

Police identify NYC traffic agent killed by truck | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth


Credit: WFAA.COM

By no means minimizing or diminishing his death but for clarification this was a civilian parking/traffic enforcement agent, not a sworn Police Officer.

 

[Retired1]

By no means minimizing or diminishing his death but for clarification this was a civilian parking/traffic enforcement agent, not a sworn Police Officer.

Where I work, they have citation authority and are sworn in as officers of the court. Our animal control officers are also officers of the court, with citation authority. I apologize for any error in my wrongly posting his death here.


Edit: 6:20 PM, 12/03/13, CST - I retract my apology. Upon reflection, I believe my post to be appropriate here in this thread. I will also post LODD for on-duty deaths of animal control, emergency medical services, traffic control assistants, and anyone else I deem involved in an occupation / vocation providing emergency care or related services to the public and/or support personnel of agencies employing "sworn" staff including telecommunicators (AKA: dispatchers).

 

[FollowingNFront]

Where I work, they have citation authority and are sworn in as officers of the court. Our animal control officers are also officers of the court, with citation authority. I apologize for any error in my wrongly posting his death here.

In NYC traffic agents cannot ticket for moving violations, just parking/vehicle equipment (if the car is already stopped/parked), etc....


...But yes, not to diminish what happened...