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Police Officer Jeffrey
Yaslowitz
St. Petersburg Police
Department, Florida
End of Watch:
Monday, January 24, 2011
Age: 39
Years on the job: 12
Badge Number: NA
Cause of death:
Shot and
killed |
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Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz and Sergeant Tom
Baitinger were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a
suspect with two outstanding warrants wanted for aggravated battery.
Several members of a regional task force had gone to the home to question a
family member about the man's whereabouts. After making contact with the
woman, the officers were informed that the man was in the attic and possibly
armed.
Officer Yaslowitz, who served on the department's canine unit, was just
starting his shift, filling in for another officer, and responded to the
call.
After searching the house they located the suspect in the attic where he
convinced officers that he was going to surrender. As Officer Yaslowitz and
a member of the United States Marshals Service, Marshal Scott Ley, made
entry into the attic, the suspect shot Officer Yaslowitz twice in the head,
and then shot the Marshal Ley in the groin, causing Marshal Ley to fall out
of the attic.
Officers assembled a rescue team to try to rescue Officer Yaslowitz from the
attic, and Marshal Ley from a bathroom on the upper floor of the house. As
Sergeant Baitinger passed under the opening of the attic to aid Marshal Ley,
the suspect then fired from the attic, striking Sergeant Baitinger.
A SWAT team used a tactical vehicle to breach a wall of the home and came
under fire, but was able to recover Officer Yaslowitz. Officer Yaslowitz and
Sergeant Baitinger were both transported to a local hospital where they were
pronounced dead.
The suspect was found dead several hours later after the home was partially
dismantled using heavy machinery.
Officer Yaslowitz had served with the St. Petersburg Police Department for
12 years. He is survived by his wife and three children. |
Sergeant Tom Baitinger
St. Petersburg Police Department, FL
EOW: Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him to keep watch
over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out to the
Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police Special
Inc.
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