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SCPD taking steps to revamp on bias crimes

July 25, 2012 10:28 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber, at Yaphank

Photo credit: James Carbone | Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber, at Yaphank Police Headquarters. (July 24, 2012)

A key job for Suffolk's new police commissioner, Edward Webber, could be to deal with the potential of an order from the U.S. Department of Justice on policing Latino residents.

Federal officials are still reviewing allegations of discriminatory policing against Hispanics in the wake of the 2008 killing of Marcelo Lucero.

This week, the New Orleans Police Department and the federal government...

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