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Nearly 60 new officers joined the ranks of the Nassau County Police Department and other local agencies, joined by their families and friends for a graduation ceremony at the new Center for Training and Intelligence.

Police graduates out protecting our communities

Schools aren’t the only places holding graduations. Nearly 60 police academy recruits walked across their own stage last week after completing an intensive seven-month training to join the … more

By Karina Kovac | 7/7/22

Luis serrano of the Nassau County Police Department says social media has created a number of problems with young people, believing it has created spikes in the hospitalization of teenage girls harming themselves, and attempting suicide at higher rates.

Parents, police want to prevent another Uvalde

“How do we keep our children safe?” It’s a question on the mind of parents seemingly every day as they send their youngsters off to school and out into the world. That … more

By Karina Kovac | 6/2/22

No swearing-in for Long Beach police commissioner

Ron Walsh, a high-ranking veteran Nassau County police officer, was to be sworn in Friday as Long Beach’s new top cop after a farewell ceremony at Nassau police headquarters. Instead, … more

By James Bernstein | 1/14/21

A militarized school is not a safe school

The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more

8/30/18

We can’t deport our way out of the MS-13 scourge

When President Trump touted his efforts to eradicate the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 at a May 23 forum in Bethpage, he said that the threat gang members pose can be solved with immigration law reform. more

5/31/18

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, joined by County Executive Laura Curran, said the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 has threatened Nassau County police officers.

NCPD: MS-13 threatens police officers

Members of the El Salvadoran gang MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, have threatened Nassau County and Village of Hempstead police officers, according to County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. The threats follow the extradition from Maryland this week of Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, known on the street as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 kingpin who is the gang’s highest-ranking member on the East Coast. more

By Nadya Nataly, Christina Daly and Scott Brinton | 4/20/18

Members nominated to Nassau Police Commissioner’s Community Council, by Legislator Steve Rhoads, pose at council’s swearing-in ceremony on April 9. (L to R: Leo Fernandez; Joe Baker; George Repetti, Ella Stevens; Steve Rhoads; Karen Cass, Kevin Rollando, Barbara Ann Fazzino, Ali Beller Frankel, Chris Carini.)

Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown residents sworn into Commissioner’s Community Council

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder has officially kicked into gear his Community Council, a police task force with a subdivision in each of the county’s 19 legislative districts. more

By Brian Stieglitz and Eden Laikin | 4/19/18

Three members of the Latin King street gang were sentenced to prison today for the brutal attack and kidnapping of a member of the Bloods street gang. From left, Jesus Maldanado of West Hempstead, Jonathan Faneytt and Jorge Freire-Romero of Valley Stream.

3 gang members sentenced for brutal attack, kidnapping

Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 5/10/17

He made it his mission ... love must win

As thousands of police and civilians stood waiting on Fifth Avenue, and more than 100 SUVs, police cars, ambulances and motorcycles lined the street on a Friday morning in the heart of bustling midtown Manhattan, only one thing was missing. Noise. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/13/17

Fire commissioner elections upcoming

Wantagh and Seaford residents will head to the polls on Dec. 13 to vote in fire commissioner elections. more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/8/16

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