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Thomas Barraga: Trim police pact by 2 years

Suffolk County Legis. Thomas F. Barraga, 11th District.

Photo credit: David Pokress | Suffolk County Legis. Thomas F. Barraga, 11th District.

Suffolk Legis. Thomas Barraga proposed Tuesday that to reduce costs, the county consider shortening the eight-year police contract by two years and giving officers a small retroactive raise that would be paid out at retirement.

Barraga (R-West Islip) asked the legislature's Office of Budget Review to determine the fiscal impact of giving officers quarter- or half-percent raises for 2011 and...

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