The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote. more

They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more

A corrections officer from Elmont was killed in a car crash at 12:01 a.m. today while driving westbound on the Southern State Parkway, near Peninsula Boulevard. more

“The precinct is just a building,” according to Katie Grilli-Robles, spokeswoman for Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Closing two of the county’s eight police precincts, … more

The Rockville Centre Police Department recently put a new traffic enforcement vehicle on the road, a four-wheel drive Chevy Tahoe, purchased primarily with Nassau County funds made available through Legislator Joseph Scannell more

“Hostage negotiators responding. They request that you do not enter the room the hostage is in.” Lt. Christopher Romance of the Rockville Centre Police Department spoke with a calm authority as he relayed the message to his officers. “Suspect is a white male, he has two female hostages.” Six men, including Mayor Francis Murray and Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, stood outside Mercy Medical Center’s St. Anne’s building, taking careful note of what was going on in the hospital. Had the situation been real, there would likely have been a number of news helicopters overhead and significantly more officers present. more

Rockville Centre Police Department Lieutenant Chris Romance will attend the FBI National Academy beginning on Oct. 2. more

An Elmont woman was arrested at her home on Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m., for stealing a dog from a Westbury home. more

Officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department, in conjunction with Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers, have begun conducting expanded enforcement around the Long Island Rail Road Station in the village, according to Lt. Christopher Romance of the Rockville Centre Police Department. more

Three Baldwin youths were arrested in connection with a series of robberies that took place in Rockville Centre and Baldwin last Saturday night. According to Nassau County detectives, at 9:50 … more