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Mangano precinct downgrades alarm critics

Originally published: February 3, 2012 8:05 PM
Updated: February 3, 2012 10:26 PM
By CELESTE HADRICK  celeste.hadrick@newsday.com

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announces the proposed

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announces the proposed realignment for the Nassau County Police Department in Mineola. (Jan. 30, 2012)

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's police reorganization plan would downgrade two of the county's three busiest precincts, raising concerns about public safety among some local lawmakers and police warnings about overcrowding at the remaining station houses.

Nassau crime statistics show the Fifth Precinct in Elmont and the First Precinct in Baldwin, which would become "community policing...

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