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Suffolk restores 5 cop PR jobs

Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer William J. Lindsay

Photo credit: Thomas A. Ferrara | Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer William J. Lindsay at the Democratic election night party in Hauppauge. (Nov. 8, 2011)

Suffolk lawmakers, in an about-face, have restored nearly half of the civilian positions cut from the police department's public relations office.

Acting on an emergency resolution from County Executive Steve Bellone, the legislature on Tuesday approved saving five of the 11 public information officers (or "PIOs") eliminated in its 2012 budget.

New police leaders argued that losing all...

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