In February 1911, Officer Raimo, 33, an Italian police officer, was off-duty and in a saloon in "Little Italy," when he overheard three men at a nearby table discussing the murder of a female grocery store owner (a case that was unsolved). Later in the evening, the men realized who Officer Raimo was and from that time forward, he felt that he was in danger from the Italian Mafia. Officer Raimo began receiving death threats and several officers with similar builds to his were shot at with the identical evidence - sawed off shotguns - found at each scene. Late night March 28, 1911, Officer Raimo was walking at the corner of 4th and Holmes, when he was ambushed and shot to death by two men. The men's weapons, two sawed-off shotguns, were discovered nearby - as were also discovered following the woman shopkeeper's murder. No one in the neighborhood would speak to police in regard to Officer Raimo's murder and the murder went unsolved.

Patrolman Raimo was with the agency since June 1909 and was survived by his wife and four children.

Lest we forget