A year later, Officer Fisher started at the 102nd precinct and so began a 24-year relationship with Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens, etc.

Officer Fisher is a familiar face on Jamaica Avenue, and at the monthly meetings of the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association. Here he is above with his replacement as Woodhaven's beat cop, Officer Ioele.

At the various civic meetings, Officer Fisher has shown that he has time for everyone -- taking his time to help various residents work through their issues. Officer Fisher also has a love for the community and its' history - particularly the history of the 102nd Precinct. He's been known to spend his off time poring through log books from the 1920's.

As much time as he's spent thinking about the history of the 102nd Precinct, it's easy to visualize him fitting in with that crew! Here's what he might have looked like as a rookie back in the 1920's.

Here is Jeff being awarded at a recent meeting of the 102nd Precinct Community Council, flanked by his lovely wife and Captain Charles McEvoy.

And here he is again with his wife who will be getting to see a whole lot more of Jeff than she has over the past quarter of a century. Thank you for your patience and thank you for loaning him to us all these years Mrs. Fisher!

And this past week, the Woodhaven Resident's Block Association honored Officer Fisher for his many years of service to the community. Here, below, he is receiving the President's Award for Community Service from President Vance Barbour and Maria Thomson.

The entire board got up to thank him, and he received a healthy round of applause from the residents of Woodhaven. A reporter from the Queens Courier was there and as soon as the story hits the web, we'll bring it to you.

Below, at the the end of the evening, PO Fisher delivers his last report -- and says farewell. Below, right, is the President's Award given to PO Fisher.

After the meeting, we caught up with Officer Fisher and spoke to him briefly about his plans and his memories of the 102. In this video he tells us that he was the first officer on the scene back in 2004 when the tiger escaped from the circus in Forest Park and ran free.

Officer Fisher served this community for a quarter of a century -- doing his part to keep us safe, and for that we thank him. He's also a real nice fellow and we do hope that we'll be seeing him around in the years to come. As a final thought, back in 2004, the tiger was apprehended -- but had it made it's way to Jamaica Avenue, we're pretty sure that Officer Fisher would have protected us -- and taken care of the problem easily enough :-)