Thomas Fitzgibbon

My name is Tom Fitzgibbon and I joined the NYPD in 1962, as a police officer, in an era when The Police Department was trying to change its image to that of a more caring, open and accountable Department.

In the early seventies, I was assigned to an investigative unit where I met and worked with Gil Alba for most of that decade.

I was able to witness first hand his respectful treatment of everyone he encountered during the course of an investigation as well as his thoroughness and his ability to get right to the crux of the matter, weeding out extraneous information that might well lead a less gifted investigator down a series of dead ends.

Although I retired from the NYPD in the mid eighties and moved to Florida , I still communicate with Gil and consider him a lifelong friend. I remember Gil, not for any specific case, but rather for the conscientious manner with which he approached and handled everyone of the hundreds, if not thousands of cases he handled when we worked together.

Thomas Fitzgibbon,
Det. NYPD Retired