Middletown Police Officer Honored By National Organization

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown police officer is being honored for going above and beyond the call of duty to give a 5-year-old boy a birthday he’ll never forget.

Officer Emilio Magnano was named the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum’s Officer of the Month for May.

Magnano is the resource officer at Middletown High School, where one of the school’s employees mentioned her son’s upcoming police-themed birthday party to him.

“After initially asking some officers on-duty if they could stop by the party, the department ended up having an extremely busy day,” reads a post on the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund’s website. “When Magnano heard that the officers on-duty were unable to make an appearance, he took matters into his own hands. After receiving permission from the department, Magnano suited up on his day off and headed to the party.”

Magnano presented the boy with a police officer costume when he arrived, garnering even more excitement from the 5-year-old boy, according to the website.

In a letter to the police department, the boy’s mother wrote, “To see the look of amazement on all the kids’ faces was incredible. Even my 85-year-old grandfather was pleased to see an officer do this great deed for the community.”

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