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Suffolk announces plan to close sex-offender trailers

Originally published: January 31, 2013 10:56 AM
Updated: January 31, 2013 9:47 PM
By PAUL LAROCCO  paul.larocco@newsday.com

Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke testifies before

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke testifies before the public safety subcommittee of the Suffolk County Legislature in Hauppauge. (Jan. 31, 2013)

Suffolk County police Thursday unveiled a proposal that would intensify monitoring of the county's 1,016 registered sex offenders and close trailers for homeless offenders on the East End by dispersing them to shelters throughout the county.

Chief of Department James Burke told a county legislative committee that police will work with the Social Services department to move the 38 homeless...

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