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RTM2031 · 01-07-2007, 06:51 PM

By JANET FRANKSTON LORIN
Associated Press Writer

PATERSON, N.J. - An off-duty city police officer was killed early Sunday when a man tried to rob him at a restaurant, police said.

Tyron Franklin, 23, a rookie patrolman with the department since April, was shot several times with a handgun, said police Lt. Anthony Traina. It was his day off and he was dressed in civilian clothes and unarmed.

Another man, 42, also was shot but was hospitalized in stable condition with non-life-threatening wounds, officials said.

Police said they are searching for at least one person involved in the shooting.

It appeared that Franklin had taken money out of his pocket to pay for food at the Broadway Fried Chicken restaurant when a man tried to rob him, and the two men struggled before Franklin was shot, Traina said. He declined to elaborate.

Paterson Mayor Jose Torres said a $16,000 reward was established for information on the shooter.

Franklin had a 16-month-old son.

"He was a fine young man," said City Councilman Anthony Davis, who knew Franklin through his father, a retired fire captain. "His dad wanted him to become a fireman, but he wanted to become a police officer."

**Old School** · 01-07-2007, 07:10 PM

Very, Very sad. I know many cops who don't carry off-duty. I don't understand why...

God Bless this young man.

OS

RTM2031 · 01-07-2007, 07:16 PM

I know a few also. None of them ever really carry off duty.

Kiel_Everett · 01-07-2007, 07:19 PM

Its too bad to hear such a story.

Being a police officer is not just a job or career, but a lifestyle. Every one of my advisors at LVMPD carry off duty for this very reason.

retired · 01-07-2007, 11:19 PM

This may surprise some of you, but some departments across the country forbid off duty carry. Some also forbid on duty back up guns. I was surprised as hell when I found this out on a leo website I belong to.

My former dept. permitted both, tho I knew of deputies that didn't do either. I always carried a back up on duty and a gun off duty. I ran into former inmates twice who remembered me from when I worked in the jail as a new deputy. Once, I was with my wife and children in a dept. store; scary.

I never would have worked for a dept. that forbid either.

BTW, though retired, I still carry daily per the ccw the dept. issued me.

It is definitely sad that a brother officer has died.

01-07-2007, 06:51 PM	#1
RTM2031 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 204	Off-Duty Officer Killed in N.J. Robbery By JANET FRANKSTON LORIN Associated Press Writer PATERSON, N.J. - An off-duty city police officer was killed early Sunday when a man tried to rob him at a restaurant, police said. Tyron Franklin, 23, a rookie patrolman with the department since April, was shot several times with a handgun, said police Lt. Anthony Traina. It was his day off and he was dressed in civilian clothes and unarmed. Another man, 42, also was shot but was hospitalized in stable condition with non-life-threatening wounds, officials said. Police said they are searching for at least one person involved in the shooting. It appeared that Franklin had taken money out of his pocket to pay for food at the Broadway Fried Chicken restaurant when a man tried to rob him, and the two men struggled before Franklin was shot, Traina said. He declined to elaborate. Paterson Mayor Jose Torres said a $16,000 reward was established for information on the shooter. Franklin had a 16-month-old son. "He was a fine young man," said City Councilman Anthony Davis, who knew Franklin through his father, a retired fire captain. "His dad wanted him to become a fireman, but he wanted to become a police officer." __________________ "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan 40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

01-07-2007, 07:10 PM	#2
Old School XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 7,627	Very, Very sad. I know many cops who don't carry off-duty. I don't understand why... God Bless this young man. OS __________________ Visit www.pistolgear.com for all of your XD needs!

01-07-2007, 07:16 PM	#3
RTM2031 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 204	I know a few also. None of them ever really carry off duty. __________________ "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan 40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

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01-07-2007, 07:19 PM	#4
Kiel_Everett XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 478	Its too bad to hear such a story. Being a police officer is not just a job or career, but a lifestyle. Every one of my advisors at LVMPD carry off duty for this very reason.

01-07-2007, 11:19 PM	#5
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,404	This may surprise some of you, but some departments across the country forbid off duty carry. Some also forbid on duty back up guns. I was surprised as hell when I found this out on a leo website I belong to. My former dept. permitted both, tho I knew of deputies that didn't do either. I always carried a back up on duty and a gun off duty. I ran into former inmates twice who remembered me from when I worked in the jail as a new deputy. Once, I was with my wife and children in a dept. store; scary. I never would have worked for a dept. that forbid either. BTW, though retired, I still carry daily per the ccw the dept. issued me. It is definitely sad that a brother officer has died.