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Keyword: Rockville Centre Police Department
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On Feb. 13, 1973, when, as Jack McKeon would say, “the Dead Sea was just sick,” he was sworn in as an officer in the Rockville Centre Police Department. This New Year’s Eve, almost 37 years later, McKeon was set to retire after 19 years as commissioner — the longest tenure ever for a head of the RVCPD.
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Alex Costello
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12/31/09
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The Rockville Centre village board promoted two police officers before bidding a fond farewell to outgoing Police Commissioner Jack McKeon at its final meeting of 2009 on Dec. 15.
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by Alex Costello
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12/23/09
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Lt. Charles Gennario, a member of the Rockville Centre Police Department since 1986, has been named the village's new top cop, and will take over when Police Commissioner Jack McKeon retires at the end of the month.
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Judy Rattner
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12/9/09
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On the 90th anniversary of what was once known as Armistice Day, members of the Rockville Centre community paused to give thanks and honor the courage and sacrifice of the men and women in the country's armed services.
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Judy Rattner
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11/19/09
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Rockville Centre and Nassau County police are investigating a cluster of burglaries that took place in occupied homes within an eighth of a mile in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Judy Rattner
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11/13/09
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In response to a story, “Two village officers injured during arrest,” (Oct. 29-Nov. 4), Laura Dennis, referring to herself as "the girlfriend” of her alleged assailant, James Fowler, wrote in an e-mail and an online posting on the Herald’s Web site that information contained in the police report — and the Herald article based on it — was incorrect. Saying the story was “concocted” by police, she accused officers of using racial profiling and excessive force in making the arrest.
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Judy Rattner
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11/3/09
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The village of Rockville Centre stands to lose the experience of as many as six seasoned police officers by year’s end, the Herald has learned, and if many of those officers do retire within weeks of each other, the village could face a substantial payout. The police department, already short staffed with two officers out on disability, an unfilled open position, and a lower-than-authorized headcount, would see the retirement of about 12 percent of its force by the end of December if all six officers leave.
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Judy Rattner
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9/17/09
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