Thomas Brooks was the first African-American to serve as a police officer in Yonkers and Westchester County. He joined the Yonkers Police Department in 1925.
This photograph of Thomas Brooks was taken in 1930.
From left to right: Trustee Toby N. Patterson; Trustee Matthew A. Walker; Lawrence Howard, student from Martin Luther King School (at podium); library directory Jacqueline E. Miller; Father Elias Kozer, Pastor (St. Mary's Carpatho-Russian Orthodox…