Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson. Credit: PROVIDED PHOTO

Calling hours for Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, September 8, and Tuesday, September 9, at Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home, 1411 Vintage Lane, Greece.

Pierson, 32, was shot and killed last week while pursuing a suspect. The man accused in his shooting is parolee Thomas Johnson III, who was also shot during the pursuit. Johnson is recovering at Strong Memorial Hospital. He faces a charge of aggravated murder, a charge of aggravated attempted murder, three counts of first-degree assault, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

Pierson, who was with the force for eight years, leaves behind a wife and two young children. His funeral service is at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, at the Blue Cross Arena. 

The United Christian Leadership Ministry and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance will hold a joint press conference this morning on the killing of Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson.

A press release says that the groups will call for an end to violence and lawlessness in the Rochester community.
The press conference is at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 8, at Faith Temple Apostolic Church, 144 Arnett Boulevard. BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN

The Rochester City School District will present “Start Strong” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 13. The event will offer informational workshops for parents and guardians to help their children begin the school year with a strategy for success and achievement.

There will also be games, activities, and food for children and the entire family. The event will be held at the Franklin campus at 950 Norton Street. BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO 

This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2014.

7 replies on “Week Ahead: Calling hours, funeral service announced for Officer Pierson”

  1. I think it is sad that the death of a police officer garners days and days of extensive media coverage while so many other senseless deaths are immediately forgotten. All deaths are equally tragic but media seems to be telling a story that some lives are worth more than others. It is not wonder society has problems.

  2. My thoughts exactly! Although it is terrible that a police officer was killed, his life is NOT more valuable than anyone else’s. He chose to be a police officer, just as soldiers chose to go to war. My father was a cop for almost 20 years. He says that every cop knows that every day may be their last. Every cop is trained to prevent that from happening. But if it happens, so be it. The fact that he was killed, doesn’t mean that I should have to spend days crying my eyes out. I am empathic to his wife and children. I feel terrible for them. But I had an acquaintance killed in a car crash on Labor Day and the media doesn’t remember her at all. She was a bright 20-year-old girl working three jobs. I didn’t ask him to be a cop. I didn’t ask soldiers to go to war. They should know each day may be their last. Enough of this boo-hoo-hoo nonsense.

  3. Maybe if channel 8, 10 and 13 did week-long coverage of the death of a 14 year old African American killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting, society would begin to comprehend the importance of all lives. As it is now, society and media decide who gets celebrated and who is forgotten.

  4. Wow, lots of un-sympathetic comments here. I suppose if the perp had been killed instead he’d probably get more sympathy than the officer. Would you people be saying “Gee, I didn’t ask him to be a felon, he chose that for himself”? I doubt it.

  5. He chose to be a police officer knowing the dangers involved — which is a reason to be particularly grateful to him, for his choice to serve the community in the important role of law enforcement, and also to be particularly saddened be his untimely death at the hands of someone who was working to make the community a worse place, not better place.

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