Optimist tapped for Suffolk police brass
Photo credit: James Carbone | Newly-appointed Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber and newly-appointed Deputy Police Commissioner Risco Mention-Lewis shake hands in front of Yaphank Police Headquarters where they were officially announced in their new positions by Suffolk County executive Steve Bellone (July 25, 2012)
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Risco Mention-Lewis knows her way around the streets. So well that the concept of turning bad guys from tough neighborhoods into good guys doesn't seem so far-fetched.
"People think it's hard, impossible," said Mention-Lewis, a Nassau prosecutor named last week to be Suffolk deputy police commissioner. "It's not impossible at all."
Mention-Lewis has reason to be optimistic. She's had...
