Robert W. Mandel, a 26-year-old police officer with the New York City Police Department, tragically lost his life on April 19, 1977. Officer Mandel and his partner, both in plainclothes, were responding to a call regarding drug sales at 762 Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. During the operation, they arrested one suspect and handed him over to uniformed officers. They then stepped outside with a second individual who claimed to have information for them. However, this individual managed to seize Offi
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