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  POP cops are back and the Nassau County Police Department and Norma Gonsalves want everyone to know it.  Gonsalves, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, hosted a forum last … more
The landscape at the site of the future headquarters of the Nassau County Police Department’s 1st Precinct, at the corner of Merrick Road and Harrison Avenue, has changed drastically in recent months. The Huntington Learning Center, which sat adjacent to the existing precinct, was demolished, and a three-story brick building was constructed in its place. more
Baldwin residents may have noticed construction crews at the 1st Precinct site, at the corner of Merrick Road and Harrison Avenue, in recent weeks. They also may have noticed that the building that was once adjacent to the current 1st Precinct headquarters is no longer there. more
Baldwin residents talked public safety with representatives from the Nassau County Police Department during a community meeting on Oct. 20. Inspector Daniel Flanagan, commanding officer of the … more
Last September, Nassau County and county Police Department officials addressed residents at a Baldwin Civic Association meeting about the construction project planned for the 1st Precinct in Baldwin. In November, County Executive Ed Mangano and local community leaders broke ground at the site, but since then the project has been snagged. Now, however, it looks like the work is finally ready to begin. more
The Baldwin community remains shaken by a fatal shooting on Grand Avenue on Aug. 2, with neighbors now seeking ways to reduce local violence going forward. more
Nassau County officials held a groundbreaking ceremony last Friday for the new 1st Precinct headquarters, at 900 Merrick Road in Baldwin. more
The picture of what may eventually stand at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Merrick Road in Baldwin became much clearer on Sept. 12 at a meeting of the Baldwin Civic Association. … more
Supreme Court Justice Vito DeStefano ruled recently that a 30-year lease signed by Nassau County in 2009 and involving the construction of a new First Precinct in Baldwin’s Rosen Shopping Center is invalid. more
Maureen Beccaris has been an officer in the Nassau County Police Department’s 1st Precinct for 26 years, but for the last six months, she said, she came to work every day not knowing where she would be the next week. She explained that her office’s supplies and papers were still in boxes, waiting to be moved to Seaford when the scheduled merger of the 1st and 7th precincts took place.But when Beccaris returned to work after a weekend of visiting colleges with her daughter two weeks ago, her coworkers greeted her with news that the 1st Precinct in Baldwin would remain open. After months of uncertainty, she said, the mood in the station house shifted to a sense of relief. more
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