Nassau top cops retiring with $600,000+ severance
Quick ReadThree Nassau police officers are retiring with severance packages of more than $600,000 each.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Retiring Nassau Police Chief of Patrol Robert Turk, whose base salary is $219,670, will get an estimated $676,414 severance check. (June 25, 2009)
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As Republican County Executive Edward Mangano struggles to close a budget deficit of $286 million next year, three high-ranking Nassau police officers are retiring with severance packages of more than $600,000 each under the county's retirement incentive program, which lifts a severance cap and offers an additional bonus.
County records obtained by Newsday show the highest package will go...
