SCPD dedicates marine vessels in memory of Marine Bureau officers

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Suffolk County Police Department acting commissioner Robert Waring joined members of the Marine Bureau and family members of Officers Brian Dwyer and Matthew Wargas, who both died of cancer, during a ceremony on June 14 to dedicate vessels in memory of the late officers. The ceremony was held at the SCPD Marine Bureau, located on the grounds of Timber Point Country Club, on Friday, June 14.

Dwyer, who joined the SCPD in 1992 and transferred to the Marine Bureau in 2002, was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer in 2016 and retired in July 2018, just five months before his death in December of that year.

Wargas joined the SCPD in 2002 and moved to the Marine Bureau for the summers of 2007 to 2009, before earning a full-time spot in the command in 2010. He was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2014 and retired in January 2016, just more than six months before his death in August 2016.
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Photos courtesy of the Suffolk County Police Department.