Suffolk police seek to recruit Muslims
Photo credit: Newsday/David Pokress | Suffolk County police
Sgt. John Johnson of the Suffolk County Police Department stood outside a mosque in Bay Shore on Friday with a stack of fliers, looking for young Muslim men and women who might want to join the force.
It was part of a department effort to get the force to more closely mirror Suffolk's changing society, and that means getting more Muslims on board.
"Diversity helps us accomplish the police...