Belleville Police Remember Officer Killed On Duty: Ken Santucci

BELLEVILLE, NJ — Ten years ago on Sept. 6, 2008 Belleville Police Officer Kenneth Santucci was killed in the line of duty during a traffic crash. But a decade later, his peers at the Belleville Police Department haven’t forgotten the dedicated local cop.

On Thursday, the BPD posted a social media remembrance of Santucci, who was responding to a call with his partner when their vehicle collided with another in Nutley, just across the two towns’ border. The husband and father was 32-years-old.

“Please keep the Santucci family in your thoughts and prayers,” the BPD wrote. “May we never forget the ultimate sacrifice he paid protecting our community.”

Santucci is also remembered with fondness on the Officer Down Memorial Page.

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