Community Remembers NYPD Officer Who Passed Away in Dominican Republic After Surgery

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NEW YORK — On Monday, family, friends and members of a local church gathered for the funeral of New York Police Officer Rebecca De Paula, who died in the Dominican Republic. De Paula died as a result of a procedure at an aesthetic clinic in early August in Santo Domingo. “As a police officer, she was a very nice woman with the children,” said Luis Pimentel, De Paula’s neighbor. “She was in the church; everyone here in the community loved her.” A…