Overview
- A relative discovered Anthony J. Izzo unresponsive in the backyard pool of his Stony Brook home and first responders performed CPR before he was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- The Suffolk County Police Department said investigators do not suspect foul play in Izzo’s death and no additional investigative details or autopsy results have been released.
- Izzo served in the NYPD for decades after starting as a trainee in 1968 and rose to a three-star chief who led the Organized Crime Bureau beginning in 2006.
- NYPD organizations and fraternal groups posted tributes that praised Izzo’s long service, leadership and ties to the department and Italian‑American community.
- Newsday’s reporting notes Izzo’s drowning is part of at least four recent pool-related fatalities in Suffolk County, a pattern that has heightened local concern about pool safety for children and older adults.