‘We don’t want to forget our guys.’ Retired police officer paints stones to be placed at graves of first responders

Frank DeResto, a retired Nassau police officer with the Fallen Officers Association of Nassau County, painted more than 160 rocks last year. The rocks are then placed at the gravesites of first responders who suffered line-of-duty deaths.

DeResto has been painting the stones for about five years. He started by painting the rocks for fallen Nassau and village officers in the county. Now, he’s painting stones for first responders from the FDNY, NYPD, Port Authority and Suffolk police…

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