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A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run?
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/21
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Part two in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy.
Sirens blared and tires squealed as a white Chevy Caprice banked hard into a curve at Jones Beach State Park after peeling down a straightaway at 50 miles per hour last Thursday. Meanwhile, a black Crown Victoria cruiser raced across to cut the vehicle off at a four-way intersection. The Caprice braked hard as it neared the stop sign.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/29/21
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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Part one in a series of photo stories on the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa. Recruits’ names were not given to protect their privacy.
It’s 9 a.m. on a recent …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/25/21
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Nassau County has faced unprecedented issues over the past year, with the loss of more than 3,000 residents to the novel coronavirus and renewed calls for police reform. But through it all, County …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/25/21
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Forty people have been indicted in a widespread, multi-million-dollar cocaine-dealing ring that operated out of Hempstead and Rosedale — including at two unlicensed day-care …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/15/21
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum will become a Covid-19 vaccination site, County Executive Laura Curran announced over the weekend.
“We’re focused on continuing to ramp up our …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/7/21
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As of 8:30 p.m. Sunday, the following schools districts within the Heralds' coverage area reported on their websites that they would close on Monday, Feb. 1, because of an impending snow storm that …
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1/31/21
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News about an FDA approval for the coronavirus vaccine is monumental, but we must not allow it to lull us into a false sense of complacency. This war isn’t over . . .
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By Laura Curran
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12/17/20
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Nassau County officials swore in 185 cadets at the Police Academy in Massapequa Park Friday morning — one of the largest classes to enter the county’s rigorous, seven-month officer …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/11/20
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