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 …
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By Karina Kovac
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7/7/22
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“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 …
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By Karina Kovac
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6/2/22
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Four years ago, as the race for Nassau County executive between then Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat, and then State Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican, was heating up . . .
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11/4/21
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Last year, there were a record 228 suicides of police officers in the U.S., according to Blue HELP, a nonprofit that aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues among those in law …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/10/20
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Police officers are using increasingly sophisticated technology to monitor our every move. While the police know more about us than ever before, we know very little about the police departments that are paid to protect us.
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By Susan Gottehrer
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1/24/20
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A West Hempstead man was arrested in Lynbrook on Wednesday for driving a “special needs” victim while he was carrying marijuana.
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10/12/18
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At the east end of Frederick Avenue in Roosevelt, on a leafy residential block with a Baptist church, Nassau County police set up a command post Wednesday afternoon. In the dense woodland to the …
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By Scott Brinton
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5/30/18
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Elise Damas, director of the Pathway to Citizenship Long Island Program at the Central American Refugee Center in Hempstead, says she is really worried about the possible end to the Temporary Protected Status program for El Salvadorans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans because it could lead to a rise in crime.
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By Ronny Reyes
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4/12/18
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On Oct. 26, the same day President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, the West Hempstead Community Support Association hosted a substance-abuse forum at West …
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By Nakeem Grant
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11/2/17
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) hosted a Substance Abuse Education Awareness Community Seminar at the Merrick Library on July 28. Curran, who had hosted two previous seminars with …
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BY Nakeem Grant
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8/11/16
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