Nassau

Critics decry Nassau police precinct plan

Originally published: January 31, 2012 1:06 PM
Updated: January 31, 2012 10:11 PM
By ROBERT BRODSKY robert.brodsky@newsday.com

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County PBA president James Carver speaks out regarding proposed precinct changes outside the fifth precinct in Elmont, New York. (Jan. 31, 2012)

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Police unions and Nassau Democrats said Tuesday that a proposal by County Executive Edward Mangano to realign the county's eight police precincts would compromise public safety by eliminating the jobs of nearly 100 officers.

James Carver, president of the Police Benevolent Association, the county's largest police union, said at a news conference in Elmont that Mangano "wants to take the presence...

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