Madam Speaker. I rise today to pay tribute to the life and memory of Detective Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino. An immigrant from Padula. Salerno. Italy. Lt. Petrosino was the first ItalianAmerican to be named detective in the New York Police Department. His contributions to the Police Force and to the worlds of criminal investigation and prevention are still honored by the govemments of Italy and the United States. Lt. Petrosino is responsible for the creation of the Bomb Squad. the first unit of its kind in the United States. Additionally. he formed the Italian Branch. an elite corps of ItalianAmerican police officers within the NYPD considered by many to be the worlds first undercover police officers.
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