Deputies thank CNY community for kindness, compassion, generosity (Your Letters)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock is escorted into the funeral for her husband Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family is escorted in for the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock, the wife of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock, in the Expo Center on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile lines up outside the Expo Center. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Sheriff Toby Shelly (right salutes) as the casket carrying Michael Hoosock passes. Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosoch were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Michael Hoosock's wife Caitlin and her son kiss during the funeral for her husband, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Michael Hoosock's wife Caitlin and her son kiss at the funeral of her husband, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Michael Hoosock's wife Caitlin and their children leave at the end of a funeral for the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant on Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

The family of Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosock at his funeral in the Expo Center on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Caitlin Hoosock and her son share a kiss at the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Final funeral services for Sheriff Deputy Michael Hoosock were held in the Exposition Center at the New York State Fairground in Geddes N.Y. April 22, 2024. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s three children walk out after their fathers funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family walks out after Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family walks out after Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

The colors are rolled up folowing Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock walks out after her husband Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock’s son points out the escort helicopter while walking out after her husband, Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s, funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock walks out after her husband Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s body is carried out after his funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosick's family at his funeral on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Caitlin Hoosock, the wife of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock, holding one of the couple's children during her husband's funeral in the Expo Center on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

One of Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosock's children points out a helicopter as the family is escorted in for Hoosock's funeral at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock is escorted into the funeral for her husband Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family walks out after Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Caitlin Hoosock, the wife of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock, holding one of the couple's children during her husband's funeral in the Expo Center on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family is escorted in for the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock was to be buried at Assumption Cemetery on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Darian Stevenson| dstevenson@syracuse.com

Caitlin Hoosock is escorted into the funeral for her husband Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Officers from the Syracuse Police Department file inside the Expo Center prior to Lt. Michael Hoosock's memorial service.

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Syracuse Chief of Police, Joseph L. Cecile lines up for the Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family is escorted in for the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family walks out after Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock’s funeral service at the Expoition Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

A person watches the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock outside at Chevy Court at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024, where overflow seating was arranged. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Family is escorted in for the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Air One escorts the processiopn for the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

A single person watches the funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock on an overflow screen in Chevy Court at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Funeral for Onondaga County Deputy Michael A. Hoosock at the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes, NY, Monday April 22, 2024. (Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com)

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone | sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, the funeral program sits inside an Onondage Sheriff's car. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone | sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, six people are inside the coliseum watching the funeral on a flatscreen installed in the sand in the middle of the ring. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Ken Fike of North Syracuse was the only person watching funeral ceremony at Chevy Court. Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Cait Hoosock, wife of Lt. Michael Hoosock, along with family members, enters the Expo Center where several hundred officers from police and fire departments from around the region came to honor her husband.

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

A procession of police motorcycles and vehicles and fire department vehicles in a procession on Buckley Road taking the body of Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosock to funeral services at the state Fairgrounds on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

Police officers of the Honor Guard embrace outside the Expo Center where hundreds of police officers and fire fighters from around the region came to honor Lt. Michael Hoosock.

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon was among those attending the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

A procession of police motorcycles and vehicles and fire department vehicles in a procession on Buckley Road taking the body of Onondaga County Sheriff Lt. Michael Hoosock to funeral services at the state Fairgrounds on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, Joe Sles, an officer with the NJ State PBA, grills breakfast sandwiches for police officers arriving at the funeral at the Expo Center. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here is the interior of the NJSPBA food trailer showing patches from police departments around the country where that lost officers in the line of duty. NJSPBA goes all over the region providing this service. Steve Featherstone| sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, the Moyers Corners and Liverpool fire departments unfurl a flag. Steve Featherstone | sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Tim Knauss| tknauss@syracuse.com

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Here, members of Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band assemble. Steve Featherstone | sfeatherstone@syracuse.com

Hundreds of police officers and fire fighters from CNY and around the region came to honor Lt. Michael Hoosock at the NYS Fairgrounds' Expo Center.

Friends, family and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock on Monday, April 22, 2024, in Syracuse. Tim Knauss| tknauss@syracuse.com

People line up on Court Street to greet a procession taking Lt. Michael Hoosock's body to Assumption Cemetery in Syracuse on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley and his command staff join friends, family and law enforcement at the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Friends, family, and law enforcement attend the funeral of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock Monday, April 22, 2024 in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. N.Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Police officers file into the Expo Center prior to the memorial service for Lt. Michael Hoosock.

Cait Hoosock (center), wife of Lt. Michael Hoosock, along with family members, prepare to enter the Expo Center where several hundred officers from police and fire departments from around the region came to honor her husband.

Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies salute as the Lt. Michael Hoosock's casket is carried out of the Expo Center following the funeral.

Onondaga County Sheriff deputy P. T. Brennan prepares to receive the casket of Lt. Michael Hoosock prior to the funeral held inside the Expo Center at the Fairgrounds.

Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies stand in formation outside the Expo Center at the Fairgrounds following the funeral for Lt. Michael Hoosock.

Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies stand in formation outside the Expo Center at the Fairgrounds following the funeral for Lt. Michael Hoosock.

A police officer greets the child of another police officer outside the Expo Center at the funeral service for Lt. Michael Hoosock.

Police officers and firefighters carry Lt. Michael Hoosock's casket from the Expo Center at the Fairgrounds following a memorial service attended by hundreds of police and fire personnel from around the region.

Police officers and firefighters carry Lt. Michael Hoosock's casket from the Expo Center at the Fairgrounds following a memorial service attended by hundreds of police and fire personnel from around the region.

To the Editor:

I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude to our community for their overwhelming support and generosity.

In the wake of losing our beloved Lt. Michael “Hootch” Hoosock, our community has come together in a remarkable display of solidarity and compassion, offering an outpouring of food, drinks and donations to support us during this difficult time. Whether it was delivering food, assisting in coordinating fundraising events for Lt. Hoosock’s family, or simply offering their condolences, the response has been nothing short of inspiring.

The sheer generosity of our neighbors, friends and local businesses has been truly humbling. From the school students’ support pictures to the countless donations of essential items, each act of kindness has made a meaningful difference to all of us.

It is times like these that remind us of the strength and resilience of our community. During these difficult times, the community has shown that we are stronger together, and that even the smallest gestures of kindness can have a profound impact.

On behalf of all of the members of the Onondaga County Deputy Sheriff’s Police Association, I want to extend a sincere thank you to each and every member of our community. Your kindness, compassion and generosity have made a difference, and for that, we are truly grateful.

Let us continue to support and uplift one another, knowing that together, we can overcome any obstacle that comes our way.

Laura Collins

President

Onondaga County Sheriff’s Police Association

Syracuse

2 CNY police officers killed

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