A man who shot dead a police officer at a bar in Queens in 1981 is now working with state police on the subject of police reform.
Richard Rivera murdered officer and father-of-four Robert Walsh, in what was described as an ‘execution-style’ killing. Walsh was off-duty at the time and having a drink at the bar after completing his shift.
Having spent 38 years behind bars for the crime, Rivera was released in 2019 and now sits on an advisory group for Ithaca and Tompkins County in upstate New York as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ‘Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative.’