Suffolk County Police Department marks 50 years
Quick ReadFifty years after the force's beginning, the county's growth is mirrored not only in the expansion of the force's size, but in its scope and capabilities.
Photo credit: Newsday File | An old Suffolk County cruiser.
Touring the Suffolk County Police Museum
LI police vehicles through the years
Fallen Suffolk police officers
Notable LI crimes through the years
As the clock ticked past midnight on Jan. 1, 1960, Jack Schelling sat in his patrol car in Islip, waiting excitedly for his first call as a Suffolk County police officer.
"Anybody on that shift probably had the same feeling," Schelling said of the anticipation he felt as a freshly minted Suffolk patrolman.
On that New Year's Day a brand new police department was born.
As Suffolk...
