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Committees OK Nassau police precinct plan

Nassau PBA president James Carver, along with members

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau PBA president James Carver, along with members of the Nassau PBA, community activists and firefighters, rally against the proposed closure of police precincts outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola. (Feb. 13, 2012)

Nassau legislative committees Monday sent County Executive Edward Mangano's police reorganization plan to the full legislature after nearly 200 residents and cops rallied against the proposal to downgrade four of the county's eight precincts as a cost-saving measure.

Angry residents packed the legislature's meeting chambers before three Republican-controlled legislative committees voted 4-3...

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