Police Officer Allen B. Mcleod was appointed to the Department on October 5th , 1970. He was the first one on the scene and the only officer to lay down his life in the February 14th , 1977 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre at the Neptune World Moving Company. He was one of five people slain by a disgruntled ex-employee who invaded the company’s Weyman Avenue warehouse in a Nazi storm trooper’s uniform and opened fire with a high powered rifle. Three other officers and two civilians were wounded. The tragedy has remained as one of the darkest days in New Rochelle’s history. Officer Mcleod, a six year veteran, had responded to a report of a gunman holding hostages. The 33 year old officer was shot seconds after leaving his patrol car.
Four thousand police officers, from as far away as Georgia lined Boston Post Road in Larchmont for the procession from Fox Funeral Home to the United Methodist Church in White Plains. As the police honors drew to a close, Officer Mcleod was buried with a 12-gun salute at Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye.
Each year, as part of National Police Week each May, the City of New Rochelle remembers the 8 New Rochelle police officers who died in the line of duty.
