GEORGE PROBECK

Officer Rank: Town Constable
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 24
Department: Suffolk County, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: September 25, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 5
Description: Constable Probeck was attending the theatre with his family when he heard shots fired. Constable Probeck rushed to investigate. Three bandits were in the manager's office attempting a holdup. Constable Probeck was shot once in the chest and died at the hospital. Two suspects were found not guilty in a court of law, while a third man received a prison sentence of 12-23 years for second degree manslaughter.
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