County Legislator Carrié Solages voted against a collective bargaining agreement with the Superior Officers Association, which would require officers to wear body cameras, on Nov. 23, citing …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/8/20
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Amid nationwide calls for police reform, Nassau County officials put out a request for information for body-worn cameras in June, and a request for proposals in September. Finally, on Nov. 9, the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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11/17/20
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Hundreds of Franklin Square residents waved American and “thin blue line” flags as they followed a pickup truck playing patriotic country music from the town parking lot on Sobo Avenue to …
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/6/20
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Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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9/28/20
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Elmont residents were able to get all the supplies their children would need for the new school year at the New Jerusalem Cathedral Inc.’s 10th annual “Backpack and Food Giveaway” …
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/16/20
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Nassau County police are searching for two suspects involved in a shooting on Sept. 6.
According to detectives, there was a disturbance between a few individuals leaving a house party near the …
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/6/20
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Nearly a dozen activists drove from the Chase Bank on Linden Boulevard in Elmont to the intersection of 217 Street and Linden Boulevard in Cambria Heights, Queens on Sunday, spreading awareness of …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/25/20
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Policing is a community service provided by a paramilitary organization. There are about 800,000 police officers across the U.S., and regardless of color or creed, we are all blue.
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By Brian Wells
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8/21/20
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The actions of the four Minneapolis police officers who caused the tragic death of George Floyd on Memorial Day were barbaric and shameful, and go against everything we as a society stand for.
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By Bil Gaylor
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8/21/20
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A Black Lives Matter protest in Franklin Square became contentious on Aug. 5, when police officers threatened to arrest demonstrators — and even this reporter — for “obstructing …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/11/20
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