Sgt. Patrick Divers, 51, part of the Brooklyn North narcotics team, was in a car, on duty near Myrtle and Nostrand avenues, when he began feeling chest pains about 10:30 a.m., police said. (Feb. 1, 2013) | Photo credit: NYPD
LEVITTOWN, NY (MorichesDaily) — NYPD Officer Sgt. Patrick Divers, of Levittown, died after he had a heart attack while conducting a narcotics investigation today in Brooklyn.
The officer was conducting a narcotics investigation with a narcotics team in Brooklyn this morning, when he began to experience chest pains.
The 51-year-old was rushed to Woodhull Medical Center in cardiac arrest, but could not be saved.
Divers made more than 1,000 arrests and earned 35 recognition awards during his service with the NYPD.
He graduated from St. John’s University.
The sergeant was a 25-year veteran of the NYPD and leaves behind a wife and two children.
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