An audit of Nassau County Police Departmentovertime expenditures revealed systemic issues of under-budgeting, reliance on overly optimistic savings from management initiatives, complex precinct overtime rules and inadequate recordkeeping technology, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos’s office announced Monday.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/26/16
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According to information received from the Nassau County Police Department, nearly three-quarters of a million dollars has been sliced out of the county’s budget for school crossing guards since 2010.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/26/16
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The Nassau County Police Department, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency reported the arrests of several individuals between April 20 and April 23 for drug-related charges.
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4/25/16
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Anyone who has paid attention to Nassau County politics over the past few years knows that elected officials have tried just about everything to save money and raise revenue. From the closing of police precincts . . .
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4/13/16
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Donald Trump’s supporters steadily streamed into Grumman Studios on the afternoon of April 6 until more than 10,000 of them filled the venue, where war planes were once built. As they did, they walked past roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in what Nassau County police were calling a “free-speech zone,” a comparatively small, rectangular area cordoned off with aluminum barricades.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/7/16
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A Seaford woman has been arrested for her role in an accident that shut down Sunrise Highway for several hours on Monday morning and left four others injured.
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3/30/16
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Nassau County Police officers, Julio Chaves of the 2nd Precinct, and Michael Valela, Joseph Clougher and Thomas Reed of the 7th Precinct, were recognized at Law and Order Night on March 16 at the Seaford American Legion, for their quick thinking and first responder skills. Emergency medical technicians Kristy Juliano, Felice Blizzarro and Thomas Bremen were also acknowledged for their life-saving actions.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/22/16
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano delivered his State of the County address to a crowd of more than 400 government officials and supporters on March 15 at the Museum of American Armor at Old Bethpage. He emphasized the need for greater transparency, saying, “as one of the most transparent counties, we have learned over the years that our system can further improve.”
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By Stephany Reyes
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3/17/16
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A 14 year-old Elmont boy has been missing since Tuesday afternoon, police said.
According to the Missing Persons Squad, Joshua Mayes was last seen leaving his home on Hendrickson Avenue in Elmont …
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3/15/16
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Nassau County is still searching for a home for the Police Department’s 7th Precinct headquarters. The station now in use, at the corner of Merrick Road and Neptune Avenue in Seaford, is considered outdated.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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2/16/16
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