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Gerard Gigante, Suffolk County's police chief of detectives, put in his retirement papers amid an Internal Affairs investigation into an allegation of misconduct in a promotional process overseen by his office. Newsday investigative reporters Sandra Peddie and Jim Baumbach explain. Credit: Newsday / Jeffrey Basinger/Jeffrey Basinger