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Does county code give PBA too much sway?

The new Nassau police commissioner Thomas Dale at

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | The new Nassau police commissioner Thomas Dale at the Nassau County executive office in Mineola. (Dec. 2, 2011)

Joye Brown

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Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Dale wants to change how Nassau handles disciplinary cases for police in the wake of the Jo'Anna Bird torture and murder case.

And he cites county code as an example of the problem.

Back in 2007, Nassau agreed to change its administrative code to allow police to opt for binding arbitration in serious discipline cases.

"That's unusual," said Dennis...

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