Board Approves Funding for Memorial Honoring Slain Mt. Vernon Police Officer
White Plains, NY — On Monday night, the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved funding for the design and construction of a permanent memorial to Christopher Ridley, the off-duty Mount Vernon police officer who was shot and killed in January 2008 by county police as Ridley was intervening to stop an altercation in front of the county’s Department of Social Services at 85 Court Street in White Plains.
