The president of a police union is asking New Yorkers to remember the officer gunned down in the line of duty.

Patrick Lynch of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is urging the public to keep the family, friends and colleagues of Officer Randolph Holder in their thoughts and prayers.

Lynch says he wants Holder’s death to mark “a new day of respect and appreciation for the men and women who stand between violent crime and the good people of New York.”

(AP)