Cop unions: Delay precinct closing plan
PBA president James Carver and a group of police officers rallied in front of Nassau's Sixth Precinct in Manhasset, one of the precincts targeted for closing under the county's proposed plan. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Feb. 20, 20120)
A sharp increase in burglaries in Nassau County this year should prompt the county to delay its plan to turn four of its eight police precincts into community policing centers, police union leaders said Monday.
"We are losing the battle with crime in Nassau County," James Carver, president of the Police Benevolent Association, said outside the Sixth Precinct on Community Drive in Manhasset....
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