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Bellone's plan: to 'stabilize' Suffolk PD

The police department and the district attorney need to work together to successfully fight crime on Long Island, says Suffolk County Executive-elect Steve Bellone. Videojournalist: Howard Schnapp (Dec. 20, 2011)

Suffolk County Executive-elect Steve Bellone said Tuesday that he will move to quickly stabilize a police department that has become, "in some ways, dysfunctional."

Bellone, a Democrat who will be sworn in Dec. 30, said District Attorney Thomas Spota's willingness to publicly criticize Police Commissioner Richard Dormer's handling of the Gilgo Beach killings -- as well as Dormer's overall...

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