LI’s culinary community is rallying for slain Nassau cop — as beloved married mom is laid to rest

Source: New York Post

A beloved Nassau County police officer killed by a suspected drunk driver over the weekend was laid to rest — as  Long Island’s culinary community rallied to help the tough-but-loving married mom’s family. “She just made a homicide arrest a little over a month ago, when she kicked the door down and tackled the guy who stabbed somebody,” Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said of fallen cop Patricia Espinosa. “But then she’d go out, and she’d be rescuing two kittens and trying to get somebody to adopt them.