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County wants new Huntington Station police outpost

Published: September 8, 2010 10:15 PM
By RICK BRAND, REID EPSTEIN AND ANDREW STRICKLER  lidesk@newsday.com

Quick ReadSteve Levy said overall there is a reduction in crime in Suffolk, but there are a few "hot spots," including Huntington Station.

Police officers on July 11, 2010, comb a

Photo credit: James Carbone | Police officers on July 11, 2010, comb a playground for bullet shell casings in at the Jack Abrams Intermediate School, near where a girl, 16, was shot in the leg earlier that day. Police said the shooting happened after a fight broke out during a large party on a Huntington Station street. (July 11, 2010)

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The day after the latest in a string of shootings in Huntington Station left one man dead and three wounded, county officials called Wednesday for a new police outpost in the area.

The Suffolk County Legislature's Ways and Means Committee 4-1 vote to place a substation came as Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced he would hire 150 more police officers and would consider creating a...

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