Police
officers from Long Island traveled to the city for the final salute Detective Jason Rivera.
Dozens
boarded a bus to Manhattan this morning to stand in solidarity with their
brothers and sisters.
One
officer News 12 spoke to went to the police academy with Rivera and knew him well.
"He
was a great man, great officer. He always had a smile on his face no matter
what was happening and I just -I'm at a loss of words for what happened to him,” says Angel Vera, a former NYPD officer.