NYPD widows plead for changes to protect officers: This has ‘got to stop’

welcome back well Fallen NYPD detective Jonathan Diller was laid to rest on Long Island yesterday surrounded by his family and a sea of blue if you saw it on the internet it was a sea of blue his wife Stephanie pleading officials to make a change while eulogizing her husband it's been two years and two months since detective Rivera and detective Mora made the ultimate sacrifice just like my husband Jonathan Diller Dominique Rivera stood in front of all the electric officials present today pleadi

ng for change that change never came and now my son will grow up without his father I will grow old without my husband and his parents have to say goodbye to their child how many more police officers and how many more families need to make the ultimate sacrifice before we start protecting them how many more joining us now are two NYPD widows Diane piagentini who lost her husband officer Joseph pen in an ambush in 1971 and Lisa to tuzo who lost her husband Sergeant Paul tuzo in a shootout in 2016

Diane Lisa thank you both for joining us this morning I I got to believe hearing those words brings back Stark feelings that you've had and and Diane I know it was many many years ago for you but it doesn't change the reality of what you faced before we get into the the policy what's your message to Stephanie how does someone deal with a moment like this this is a very very uh hot moment um it's an ENT that um will never get over you will raise your children you will raise your little boy um yo

u will go on with life but you will you will never forget this incident that happened she the little will miss his father he will never get to grow up and to know him um all these years that are coming for him is just a little bit no doubt Diane we're losing your audio a little bit hopefully it'll come back uh in a in a moment Lisa let me let me go to you um your husband Paul was was killed seven years ago I I believe it was seven years ago uh you heard the message of what Stephanie said said yo

u know if we had anyone had listened two years ago uh my husband would be alive I'm sure you say the same thing if anyone had listened seven years ago um talk talk to you about it's got to feel like a helpless situation wives keep saying there's more we can do and politicians aren't listening absolutely my husband was killed seven years ago it was well before um a lot of the new policies and bills that have been put into place more recently my husband was arrested 11 times excuse me my goodness

uh my husband's perk was arrested 11 times before my husband was killed as Stephanie said her per that killed her husband was arrested 21 times and something's got to stop this is not a oneperson problem this is a unified problem and we need a unified front to fix this problem from the ground up how how can that happen Lisa just in from your perspective I mean someone like mayor Adams was there he said all the right things but if you look at the Timeline he was there two years ago he's been ther

e the entire time frame when when Stephanie was calling for changes that don't release violent criminals back onto the streets how does this change it doesn't unfortunately actions speak louder than words and we've seen the actions so we know where we stand we know that a change needs to be made and it needs to go well beyond our local officials and it needs to be taken up federally and even federally that is a national problem people communities departments are feeling this across the country t

his is not just a New York City problem uh no doubt I mean when you've got a party led by calls for defunding the police you get this type of response Diane I would uh I'd love to try your your audio again hopefully we're we're good to go what would your message be to leadership um I would say that um the the Democratic Progressive uh policies that we now have in the state the prisoners criminals being let out of jail they get arrested and a a revolving door uh mayor Adams was a part of the poli

ce department and yet he does not support the police offices the changes need to come with the prosecutors and with the judges they need to start enforcing the laws that are on the books you do the crime you do the time that's as it should be not this revolving door no bail and they're out this man is a was a convicted F he's uh convicted and he was on the streets this should never ever have happened Lisa well said all excuse me uh Diane well said Lisa do you think mayor Adams supports the polic

e the way he should I think there's a lot more that needs to be done um like I said actions speak louder than words um and and this is not a one person problem nor is it a onep person solution it is not one person's blame but this is a historical problem that our city has had for quite some time through past Administrations um and and we need to go in a different direction because the direction that we're going in right now is not acceptable and it's not going to stop it's not going to change an

d actually fix our problem we need to rip the Band-Aid off and get down to the root of the problem and start there to make change start with criminals being criminals and actually locking them up and keeping them in jail or deporting them when they commit these crimes working with federal law enforcement to get rid of law Breakers would be a place to start uh I I can't imagine by the way Lisa real quick I asked the same to Diane but I want to get your thoughts what would you say to Stephanie tod

ay if she was watching for me I had many uh NYPD widows and not only NYPD widows but widows from around the country survivors from around the country that put their arms around me when my Paul was killed and that is the same thing that we are going to do for Stephanie and it really is truly not only a local support network that she has just uh acquired but she does have a national support system you know concerns of police survivors which is a National Organization that puts on Police Week in Wa

shington DC each year with the fop um is a National Organization that supports not only spouses but children siblings parents co-workers and their main purpose is to rebuild build shattered lives and so for me and my message to Stephanie is that she's going to be okay the pain will never go away the love the heartache will never go away but she does have a tremendous support system that is now going to surround her and Ryan and her extended family for the rest of their lives well amen Diane than

k you uh for joining us and we remember Joseph today Lisa likewise we remember Paul and their service to the city and the country certainly we're thinking of Stephanie uh today I'm Steve duy I'm Brian kilme and I'm Angley Airhart and click here to subscribe to the Fox News YouTube page to catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis