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Efforts to fire Suffolk top cop Dormer stalled

Originally published: April 22, 2010 1:18 PM
Updated: April 22, 2010 8:07 PM
By REID J. EPSTEIN  reid.epstein@newsday.com

Quick ReadLegislators' efforts to fire him stalled when County Attorney Christine Malafi disputed lawmakers' legal authority to make the move.

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer. (November, 2009)

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer. (November, 2009)

Legislators' efforts to fire Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer stalled Thursday when County Attorney Christine Malafi disputed lawmakers' legal authority to make the move.

Presiding Officer William Lindsay (D-Holbrook), who favors removing Dormer, said he has little stomach for the lawsuit that would be required to enforce the dismissal.

"We have so many problems, that to spend...

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