The Detectives’ Endowment Association is honored to have ensured Detective Joseph Pucciano has a proper grave marker — a long-overdue tribute to a true NYPD legend. Detective Joseph Pucciano, once hailed as the Italian Sherlock Holmes in the 1920s, was a fearless NYPD detective who took on organized crime. Together, with his family, the union honors a brother Detective. (fb)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦… 
“The job hasn’t changed, and none did it better,” DEA President Scott Munro said about Pucciano. “He served the citizens of the city with bravery and distinction.” https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/18/nypd-italian-sherlock-holmes-detective-joseph-pucciano-gravestone-century-after-death/ (fb)