NYPD Guyanese American Law Enforcement Association - GALEA

On November 19th, GALEA members attended Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department 41st Annual Memorial Breakfast.

For Thanksgiving 2023, GALEA volunteered at Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol food pantry in Queens, NY. We celebrated and served 375 Thanksgiving meals to families.

Happy Birthday to First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, our past person of the year recipient. Thank you for your continued support of GALEA. We hope you have an amazing day! 🥳

Happy Thanksgiving! We wish you and your family a day with gratitude and great food! Enjoy!

11/02 - GALEA members had a great time at NYPD J a M L E O inaugural Gala. Congratulations on a successful event! See you next year! 🇬🇾💚🇯🇲

Happy Diwali!

Diwali is the Indian “festival of lights”. A holiday that celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

Happy Veterans Day to the members of GALEA and everyone else who served. Thank you for your service!

Congratulations to our member, Officer Monroe, on being the 2023 recipient of the scholarship award. Officer Monroe will be attending the University, tuition free, studying Criminal Justice Forensic. We wish you all the best on your academic journey. 📚👩🏾‍🏫🥳🎉🎊

GALEA members supported on their first 5K run event in Prospect Park. Our member, Officer Mattar⁩, came in 2nd place for the male section for his age group. 🥳🏅

We would like to recognize our member, Detective Liverpool, whose fast action and training saved a child’s life while in Guyana for Det. Holder’s memorial. Even on vacation, we are still on the duty. We would like to wish the child a speedy recovery. Thank you for your service Detective Liverpool.

As we continue our mission to support the Guyanese community; this year’s memorial fundraiser was able to support two communities in Guyana. We were able to give away shoes, clothes and food to children in the Tiger Bay and Leopold community. Thank you to everyone who donated and prepared the food.
Guyana Police Force

On October 21st, Comissioner Hickens of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) held a Cocktail reception for our members and Detective Holder’s family.

During the evening, Commissioner Hickens presented two plaques and the Guyana Police Force’s flag to the President, Det Jafferalli and Chief McPherson.

To show our gratitude, we presented a plaque to the GPF and Commissioner Hickens along with some goodies from the DEA by Det. Quinn. Lastly, we made a donation to the GPF Widows & children fund which was presented to our host, Superintendent Moore.

Thank you again to the GPF for their support and hospitality during our stay in Guyana.

Today, we remembered Officer Gladstone Haynes, who tragically lost his life last year, while vacationing in Guyana.

Thank you to our members who attended his memorial in Guyana. 🙏🏾💙👮🏿‍♂️

Thank you to all of our members who participated in the Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk in NYC and in Guyana! A special thank you to our member Officer Wade for designing our t-shirts for the walk.

Thank you to Commissioner Hicken and the Guyana Police Force for another memorable and heartfelt visit honoring Det Holder’s legacy.

We would like to thank all of our members and everyone who attended Det Randolph Holder Jr. Memorial Service in Guyana and in NYC. We all made the vow to and we will continue to honor that promise. . 🙏🏾💙🇬🇾🇺🇸

Today we honor and remember Detective Randolph Holder Jr., who was killed in the line of duty on October 20, 2015.

Every year, GALEA honors Detective Holder by hosting a memorial service in Guyana at Brickdam Cathedral.

We will continue our promise to . Forever in our hearts.
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The 8th Annual Remembrance Memorial for Det. Randolph Holder Jr. will be held this Friday, October 20th; in Guyana and NYC at NYPD PSA 5 located in Harlem. Info on flyer. All are welcomed to attend.

Join GALEA and NYPD TSBA at the annual Coney Island Breast Cancer Awareness Walk this Sunday, October 22, 2023. Meet up Time: 7:30am. Walk starts at 8:30am. Meeting Location: 19th street and Surf Avenue.

If you would like to join our team in the walk or donate towards the cause, please click the link in the bio.

GALEA would like to thank everyone who came out to support our 4th Annual Gala in the memory of Detective Randolph Holder Jr. Thanks to Mr. Holder Sr., Detective Randolph Holder’s dad, the honorees, scholarship recipients, our members, Fraternal Organizations and everyone who attended.

A special shout-out to our “Person of The Year Award”, First Deputy Commissioner, Tania Kinsella. The highest ranking Guyanese member in the NYPD. We look forward to all the great things you have in store for the Department.

See you all next year!

Last chance to grab your tickets! Link is in the bio. No tickets will be sold at the door!

Friday is fast approaching. Tickets are still available. Click the link in the bio.

Our favorite time of the year! Today was Family Day at the Police Academy. A great opportunity to share what we do at work with our families. We hope everyone had a good time today!

Despite the crazy rainstorm yesterday; two of our members made it to their promotional ceremony. Congratulations to newly promoted Detective Bolden and Detective Mosley-Jones.

Congratulations to all who were promoted yesterday. Keep reaching for the stars ✨✨🥳

Congratulations to Guyana’s Amazon Warriors Cricket team for winning their first Caribbean Premier League title.

The Warriors beat the Trinbago Knight Riders for the Championship title. Today, they were honored with a parade.

Two weeks left to get your tickets and we’re almost sold out! Don’t wait till we’re sold out to ask. Get them now while supplies last!

Purchase tickets here https://nypdgalea.org/events-nypd/ or DM us for physical tickets.

While in town for the United Nation meeting, the President of Guyana, President Irfaan Ali held a meet & greet/Diaspora engagement.

The meeting was held at Hotel Liberty Inn & Suite in Queens, NY. Our Corresponding Secretary Officer Rodrigues was able to attend and represent .

Did you get your ticket yet? Here’s your friendly reminder to purchase one today!

Today we remember those we lost and continue our promise to them

We are happy to announce our first honoree, Tania Kinsella. The First Dep will be receiving our Person of the Year award. Help us celebrate our honoree by purchasing a ticket today.
Click the link: https://nypdgalea.org/events-nypd/

Fraternal Day at the academy is a great opportunity to meet new police officers in training and tell them about our great organization. We were able to recruit 20 new members. The future starts with them and we look forward to seeing all the great things they will accomplish.

It was an honor to represent the NYPD, and the Caribbean culture at the 56th Annual West Indian America Day parade. We were proud to walk along side the and who are both also caribbean 🇩🇴🇬🇾🇯🇲and sharing the experience with our Caribbean fraternal brothers and sisters. NYPD Desi Society HALEFO NYPD J a M L E O Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department

We hope everyone had fun and safe labor day weekend.

See you next year!

On Friday, October 6, 2023, we will be hosting our Annual Gala.

Tickets are now on sale. Click the link below to purchase yours today!

https://nypdgalea.org/events-nypd/

Congratulations to our members who were promoted on Friday, August 25. Kineta Ellis was promoted to Sergeant (pictured) and Carol Griffith was promoted to Personnel Administrative Manager (Camera shy). We are so proud of you both and wish you both all the best in your new positions.

Congratulations to everyone who was promoted that day! Keep reaching for the stars 💫✨🤩💐

Did we mention save the date?

Formal invitation with Honorees will be posted soon!

Are you ready?

and hosted a potluck at our headquarters to meet with NYPD Fraternal orgs and NYPD sports team.

On August 13th, we hosted our Annual Family Day with NYPD TSBA NYPD Desi Society NYC Corrections DESI Society

. We would like to thank the for attending/supporting our Annual Family Day event.

On August 10th, GALEA members along side NYPD fraternal orgs and community members attended the Breaking Bread and Building Bonds event.

We are sadden by the passing of our brother, Police Officer Alexis Martinez. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time. 🙏🏾