Heroes Roll Call

Heroes Roll Call: Detective George C. Zicarelli, #1741

The Cleveland Police Museum is honored the tell the stories of Cleveland’s fallen officers on the anniversary of their end of watch. On September 17, 1979, three subjects attempted to rob Zicarelli and the two other officers in a hotel parking lot near La Guardia Airport in Queens. The detectives identified themselves as police officers.…

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Heroes Roll Call: Patrolman Otto J. Ziska, #475

The Cleveland Police Museum is honored to tell the stories of our Fallen Officers on the anniversary of their End of Watch. As police and firefighters arrived on the scene, they observed billowing smoke and flames raging from the sub-basement, used to store nitrate x-ray films . Patrolman Ziska immediately entered the building to assisting…

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