
Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 6-W: 31
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: 11/28/2014
Cause: Physical-related incident
Age: 59
Length of Service: 20
Detective Gittens performed rescue and recovery duties in the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Detective Gittens died of lung cancer on November 28, 2014.