Police Officer Steven Hernandez
/Police Officer Steven Hernandez
Article & Artwork by Jonny Castro
“Whatever his struggle, he deserves to be remembered.”
On the afternoon of Jan. 10, 2023, NYPD Police Officer Steven Hernandez took his own life by jumping from a 17-story building in Queens. Moments before the tragic incident, the distraught officer had just left a mandated appointment at a department psychiatrist office in the NYPD Medical Division, which was located within the same building complex. He had recently made a series of posts on social media pleading for help with the mental health issues that he had been battling. “Please help me. Please love me. Please care for me. Please listen to me…” was one of those posts.
Officer Hernandez joined the NYPD in 2017 and was assigned to the 121st Precinct in Staten Island. He leaves behind two young children. He was 30 years old.
