Statue and Brian Hanlon, Sculptor

Fair Lawn Chief of Police Erik Rose and the Fair Lawn Police Department,  Fair Lawn PBA #67, and the Borough of Fair Lawn sponsored a dedication ceremony for the memorial statue which was created to honor Officer Mary Ann Collura who was killed in the line of duty on April 17, 2003.  The ceremony was held on Saturday, April 15, 2006, at 3:00 p.m.

The ceremony was held in front of the Fair Lawn Municipal Building (8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn).  

Officer Mary Ann Collura was an 18-year veteran of the Fair Lawn Police Department and the department’s first female police officer. She was fatally shot by a drug dealer after coming to the aid of a Clifton, N.J. police officer who had chased the drug dealer into Fair Lawn.  This statue depicts Officer Collura presenting glow sticks to two children who are dressed for Halloween.  In 1999, Officer Collura started a program which distributed glow sticks to children in order to make them visible to vehicular traffic.  This bronze statue will inspire young and old alike for years to come.

Visit the Mary Ann Collura Page