Town of North Hempstead Notebook: Police Merger Plan
Date set for women's honor roll breakfast.
North Hempstead village mayors and government officials met with Nassau County representatives to discuss County Executive Ed Mangano’s plan to merge county police precincts.
The meeting took place at Town Hall on Wednesday at the invitation of Supervisor Jon Kaiman.
Presented by Nassau County Deputy County Executive Rob Walker and Deputy Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, the plan calls for closing four of the county’s eight precincts. The closed precincts would be converted to community policing centers that would be open 24 hours a day, covered by two police officers.
The remaining precincts would receive additional police support to carry the extra load. In addition, there would be a reduction of at least 150 police officers, although Walker said they would bring in 48 officers that would fight crime with "information driven by intelligence."
Many of the duties previously conducted in the precinct houses are now processed via computerized patrol cars, countywide.
In covering North Hempstead communities, the Third Precinct precinct would remain open, and the Sixth Precinct in Great Neck/Manhasset would operate as a community policing center. In addition, Highway Patrol units would operate out of the Sixth Precinct in the future.
The plan is expected to deliver cost savings of $20 million.
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The 19th Annual May W. Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor Breakfast is scheduled for March 22 at Harbor Links in Port Washington.
Since 1994, North Hempstead has held a Women’s History Month Breakfast to honor women who have made a contribution to their community, possess a special personal talent, or have accomplished a significant achievement through public or quiet work.
For more information, contact Stephanie Sajous at North Hempstead’s 311 Center, (516) 869-6311.
The event is scheduled for 8 to 10 a.m.
brigitte
8:26 am on Monday, February 13, 2012
i'll check updates when I sign in! thank you
mary smith
5:36 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
please sign the petition and stop these closings!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/defeat-the-plan-to-eliminate-four-precincts-in-nassau-county/
Nassau Taxpayer
8:31 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
While not agreeing with much of anything Mangano has to say or do, gutting NCPD overhead and inefficiency is long overdue.
Mark
4:17 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Dont get me wrong. But Im for Mangano cutting down on police in Nassau County. They are way to many police running around and all they do is pull people over constantly to issue summons and tickets, and Im sick of it. Its harassment.Im Geting tired of seeing police pulling over car after car in those speed stings for quotes. Its wrong. Im for ticketing those that well deserve it, but not this renegade sting opeations and speed traps that harass citizens. Its digusting. Bad enough we must contend with the camera ticket devices let alone deal with bunch of yahoo cops pulling way to many vehicles over. Seriously, they are better things for police to do? Example a burglary in progress in valley stream a few weeks ago, and like a dozen police show up? Like a bunch of wild boy scouts, guns toting out, tripping over each others feet,It looked really stupid on tv. You dont need a whole precient of police officiers to one buglary in progress call? When you have that many police respond, there is an obvious issue that the NCPD are bored and out of control. Way to many police on the county budget overpaid and bored. So lets start chopping down this police club and begin to fix the budget, starting with that.
john agilaiaro
6:52 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
if you want to save money, look into how Kaiman and his dummy board are stealing from us