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The Suffolk County (NY) Police Department (SCPD) recently received the 2017 National Officers Safety Award presented by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund and the U.S. Department of Justice Valor Initiative for implementing programs which have significantly enhanced police officer safety.
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For rescuing trapped victims on two separate occasions, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has announced the selection of Officer Timothy Tonkin of the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police Department as its Officer of the Month for December 2008.
Read More →Suffolk County (NY) Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said Thursday state troopers will begin increased patrols of parks and other state-owned land in the Brentwood and Central Islip area to help the county combat the MS-13 gang.
Read More →The coastline comprises a wide assortment of conditions, including open-ocean waters, often with high seas, shallows, winding and narrow inlets, bays, canals, harbors, wetlands and the Long Island Sound, each posing a different challenge for a police boat.
Read More →A Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police officer arrested a news videographer who was attempting to film the scene at the end of a pursuit.
Read More →As their vehicle approached Patchogue Holbrook Road, the officers both noticed a young woman climbing onto the railing of the overpass. The officers quickly stopped, identified themselves, and engaged her in conversation. As one officer continued speaking with her, another stopped a passing vehicle and told the occupants to call 911.
Read More →The NYPD is providing five additional call operators per tour to help handle the volume of calls. Once a call is received, instead of inputting the incident into a computer, the calls are made to dispatch officers.
Read More →Of the 51 officers on the department, only two (4 percent) are women. That compares to the 300 women (12 percent) working among Suffolk County Police's 2,750 officers.
Read More →The Village of Deposit, NY, is moving forward with plans to dissolve its police department due to budgetary constraints on the small town in Delaware County.
Read More →A video of the release from a New York hospital of an officer who had been badly injured in a vehicle collision on Long Island has surfaced on social media, showing the officer being wheeled out of the medical facility to the applause of officers flanking the exit walkway.
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