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PatchCast: Retirement, Roadwork, New Planes
A roundup of the region's recent developments for Friday, April 1.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Nassau County Police Commissioner Says Farewell
Lawrence W. Mulvey is saluted by fellow officers and staff members as he begins retirement.
After 38 years in law enforcement, Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey walked out of headquarters and into retirement on Thursday. Mulvey, who served as the county’s top cop since 2007, was given a grand send off on his final day on the job as staffers lined the hallways to say their final goodbyes and top brass stood at attention outside the Mineola building to give him a last salute. "I'm overwhelmed," Mulvey said just before his noon departure. "I'm proud of my tenure here as commissioner," he added, "being with the police department for 38 years and the great team we've had." Mulvey served as the county's 12th commissioner. He spent 11 years in uniform serving in several units, from narcotics and auto theft to hostage …
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Monday, March 14, 2011
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PatchCast: Officer Shot, Martins Visits and Basketball Champions
A roundup of the region's major developments for Monday, March 14.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
‘Friendly Fire’ Fells Nassau Cop
Investigation ongoing after MTA cop guns down plainclothes Nassau police officer.
Nassau County and MTA police officials Sunday were still investigating why a Nassau plainclothes police officer was accidentally shot and killed while responding to a crime scene in Massapequa Park. Minutes after a knife-wielding Massapequa Park man was shot dead in his own home Saturday night in a confrontation with officers from the Seventh Precinct, an MTA officer on scene opened fire on a Nassau cop. Geoffrey J. Breitkopf, 40, a member of the elite Bureau of Special Operations, was shot once by an MTA officer as he approached the house at 5 Fourth Ave. Breitkopf and his partner arrived in an unmarked unit about 8-to-13 minutes after the initial shooting, Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey said. Mulvey added that …
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Soup Nazi
3:20 pm on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Howie,,,,for you vocabulary list "undercover"..an officer pretending not to be a cop "plainclothes" an officer who work in civilian attire like a detective of school officer. Plainclothes guys sometime known as anti crime or street crime drive around in an un marked vehicle and wear street clothes so they will not be noticed. When they exit the vehicl they immediately display their badge for all … more ›
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Nassau Heroin Arrests Up More Than 40 Percent
Police and county officials discuss Nassau's heroin epidemic at forum earlier this week.
Heroin arrests countywide have jumped more than 40 percent this year based on figures through April 1, police said at a heroin discussion forum earlier this week. The forum, held at East Meadow High School, was put on by County Legislator Norma Gonsalves and doubled as an anonymous drop-off site for illegal drugs or unused prescription medication. According to police statistics, police arrested 374 people in the county for heroin related offenses in 2009. So far in 2010, police have arrested 174 people — up 50 arrests from the same point last year — which police said is proof that the department's methods are working. "We've got approximately 30 detectives, police officers, dogs, devoted strictly, every day, to heroin enforcement," said …
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Officials Say County is "Too Good for Drugs"
Initiative is the County Executive’s third prong in combating Nassau's heroin epidemic.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey echoed each other Monday, saying the county can't arrest itself out of a heroin problem. To that end, the public servants were joined by Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) Executive Director Jeffrey Reynolds at Massapequa Park's Nassau County Police Academy Monday to unveil the "Too Good for Drugs" initiative. The program, created by the Tampa, Fla.-based Mendez Foundation, has been utilized in different parts of the country since 1978. More than 30 school administrators and community leaders were at the academy receiving the first of two days of training, aimed at schoolchildren in grades K-12. An investment of $180,000 has been made in …
Massa
2:05 pm on Monday, April 4, 2011
I do believe that Nassau county PD could do alot more in the communties in which they serve. I have respect for all officer, but do see a big problem with the supervision in Nassau and Suffolk county Departments. Most officers were City officers at one time and came to work for higher pay in safer areas. I see to many at the firehouses ( which most serve alcohol) and not supervised. I don't see … more ›