Overview
- McDonald’s widow, Patti Ann, and their son, NYPD Captain Conor McDonald, visited the College Point campus on Monday and spoke with recruits about his legacy.
- The official rededication is scheduled for July 16, the date he entered the academy in 1984, according to ABC7.
- McDonald was shot by a 15-year-old in Central Park in 1986 and was left quadriplegic, later becoming a mentor to generations of officers.
- He publicly forgave the teenager who shot him and remained an advocate and speaker until his death in 2017 at age 59.
- The Queens training facility is a modern campus with classrooms and realistic New York City street simulations used to prepare recruits.