NYPD Det. Nivrose Duncan of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South - Recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award

The NYPD honored a detective assigned to the Patrol Borough Brooklyn South for his service to the West Indian community after returning to work following an emergency liver transplant three years ago.

Det. Nivrose Duncan, a native of Haiti who is fluent in Creole and French who is assigned to the Community Affairs Unit at PBBS, recieved the Theodore Roosevelt Award last month.  Det. Duncan had maintained an excellent attendance record before his medical condition required an emergency liver transplant in 2006.  One week after the transplant, Det. Duncan went through a second emergency surgery which corrected complications caused by the initial transplant.  Det. Duncan returned to the job less than a year later.

Today, Det. Duncan’s responsibilities include serving as a liason to the West Indian community in Brooklyn.  He is one of the organizers of the West Indian-American Day Carnival, which takes place annually on Labor Day weekend and culminates in a Labor Day parade along Eastern Parkway between Utica Avenue, Crown Heights, and Flatbush Avenue, Prospect Heights.

The award is named after the former President of the United States who, prior to serving in the Oval Office, presided over the New York City Police Commission from 1895 to 1897.  President Roosevelt had suffered from a debilitating heart condition and childhood asthma, yet perservered to become the Secretary of the United States Navy and Governor of New York State before he became president in 1901.  The award is presented to members of the NYPD who returned to the job after severe medical hardships.

Det. Duncan was one of six NYPD officers who were honored at an October 27 ceremony in Manhattan by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.