Sunday, January 19, 2025
County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy convened at 10:30a.m. for a check presentation in front of new vehicles for which the county provided the village funds.
The vehicles totaled six, and according to Blakeman are "state of the art vehicles with the technology and the safety equipment is the best in the country."
Blakeman shared that the money came from ""funds that are available through various sources whether they are asset forfeiture and federal funds that can be used for law enforcement," and that the county has "community funds for various communities to keep them safe and to improve business districts and communities throughout the county of Nassau."
"This is a program that we do in a lot of different villages," he added, "...and this is one of the largest villages in the state of New York, and they do an outstanding job here and it felt like a great investment."
"This is a great asset to the village of Freeport," said Mayor Robert Kennedy. "It's just an asset to the community, and we really need it because we've expanded our police department from 72 to 107 officers in the past five years. "
"Thank you so much to the county executive and to Nassau County," he added. "We really appreciate it. It's definitely going to be an asset for this community."
