Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 ...

A former sergeant for the New York Police Department has died in a suspected drowning on Long Island. Jack Shapiro was ...

Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook — who officials say retired from the NYPD more than a decade ago — became unresponsive as he ...

A former New York City police sergeant died from an apparent drowning while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters on Sunday.