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Young cop Arthur Lopez's legacy: devotion

October 27, 2012 10:22 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

Nassau Police Officer Arthur Lopez, 29, who died

Photo credit: NCPD | Nassau Police Officer Arthur Lopez, 29, who died in the line of duty on Oct. 23, 2012.

Arthur Lopez, a young cop eight years into a job he'd dreamed of as a kid in Queens, had what police call "a good eye."

"It takes a good eye to scan the streets," friend and fellow Officer Michael Leone said. "Artie had a good eye and a good sense of when something wasn't right out there."

"He took great pride in being proactive," added Leone, one of Lopez's classmates at the Nassau...

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