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Joseph Petrosino was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime.
Joseph Petrosino was born on August 30, 1860 in Salerno, Campania, Italy.

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Lieutenant Giuseppe "Joseph" Petrosino

Giuseppe "Joseph" Petrosino

Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino was assassinated by the Italian mafia in Sicily, Italy while conducting an investigation.

Lieutenant Petrosino founded the agency's Italian Squad, which was responsible for investigating the Italian mafia in New York City and was responsible for decreasing Italian mafia crime by fifty percent. He was sent to Italy in an attempt to infiltrate the mob and collect evidence that would shut them down for good. The mafia received a tip that he was a police officer and killed him. More than 250,000 citizens attended his funeral.

A trial was held in connection with Lieutenant Petrosino's murder; a local crime boss had been arrested by Lieutenant Petrosino years before for involvement in a New York murder, then deported, but was brought to trial for participation in Lieutenant Petrosino's death. The suspect was acquitted because of an alibi but claimed afterward that he had killed Lieutenant Petrosino. The suspect was imprisoned years later on another murder charge and died in prison in 194

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Joe Petrosino House Museum

That of Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino, a native of Padula, is a story of emigration, revenge and return to his homeland to fight organised crime, even at the cost of losing his life.

Today, the sacrifice of this representative of the Police Forces is honoured in his house in Padula, which was specially converted into a museum of memory and resistance, dedicated to all those who have consecrated their existence to defeat the mafias.

History of the Museum

The museum set up in the birthplace of the Italian-American policeman Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino, born in Padula on August 30, 1860, is unique within the Italian museum scene. It is in fact the only house-museum in Italy dedicated to a representative of the police forces .

Upon returning to his homeland from New York, where he had emigrated with his parents at the age of 13, Petrosino began to investigate the links between the American and Sicilian mafia, noble work that led him to be assassinated on March 12, 1909 in Palermo.

Heritage

The museum keeps the rooms of the

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Joseph Petrosino

American police officer

Joseph Petrosino
Lt. Joe Petrosino, NYPD, Badge No. 285
Born	Giuseppe Petrosino (1860-08-30)August 30, 1860 Padula, Campania, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	March 12, 1909(1909-03-12) (aged 48) Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Cause of death	Gunshots
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, New York City
Nationality	Italian
Citizenship	American
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Spouse	Adelina Saulino
Children	Adelina Petrosino Burke
Parents	Prospero Petrosino (father) Maria Giuseppa Arato (mother)
Relatives	Nino Melito Petrosino (grandnephew, descendants, based in Italy)
Website	https://petrosinousa.org/
Police career
Department	New York Police Department
Service years	1883–1909
Rank	Lieutenant
Badge no.	285

Joseph Petrosino (born Giuseppe Petrosino, Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppepetroˈziːno;-ˈsiːno]; August 30, 1860 – March 12, 1909) was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer