The heartbroken mom of a former NYPD officer of the month who died following a botched breast implant removal operation in the Dominican Republic has claimed doctors failed to tell her that her daughter was dead when she rushed to the clinic. 3 NYPD officer Rebecca De Paula died after breast implant removal surgery in the Dominican Republic. Instagram / nydo_1993“They didn’t tell me, ‘She’s dead,'” De Paula’s mom, who hasn’t been identified, told local TV in Spanish. De Paula, who was also a pastor, was an esteemed NYPD officer. The risks of implant removal surgery include bleeding, deep vein thrombosis, cardiac complications, and infection, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.