Levy OKs hiring up to 80 cops for Suffolk
Quick ReadLevy said adding any new officers was contingent on legislators agreeing to sell the county's nursing home.
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | A file photo of a Suffolk police car. (March 2, 2010)
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After months of complaints that the police department is short-staffed, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said Tuesday that he's begun the process of hiring a police class, but made adding any new officers contingent on legislators agreeing to sell the county's nursing home.
Levy said the sale would allow the county to afford a new class of 70 to 80 officers and that the decision was not...
