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License plate readers could reduce crime
Teen EMS tech dies after shift Susan Giovanniello, a 19-year-old volunteer medical technician for Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services, died on Monday morning after her shift. A news release from the Nassau County fire marshal’s office stated that Giovanniello’s death was the result of an unspecified medical condition. Authorities have classified it as a lineof-duty death. The city’s Volunteer EMS chief, Robert Picoli, declined to comment, but a group post on Facebook read, “Giovanniello proudly served as a volunteer, responding to many emergency calls throughout the City of Glen Cove, rising from Glen Cove EMS Explorer Post 1072 to a caring professional who gave the ultimate sacrifice to the community.” Giovanniello was a graduate of Glen Cove High School, and district superintendent Maria Rianna said that she was a talented student. “She had a great personality,” Rianna said, “and was a young lady with a lot of potential.” Giovanniello was attending Hofstra University. Assemblyman Charles L av i n e s a i d h e w a s shocked when he heard of Giovanniello’s death. “In the little city of Glen Cove, we are either related or interrelated,” Lavine said. “We stand together in moments of tragedy and grief. Sadly, this is just one of those moments.” —Roksana Amid
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chased from Flock Group Inc., an Atlanta-based company. The cloud-based system for To combat a rising crime storing information is already rate in the city, the Glen Cove used by other municipalities Police Department will have across Nassau County, which access to 10 new license plate the GCPD said would help reading cameras. expedite investigations. Police will be able to use an Cameras like these aren’t app on their phones new to the city. Glen to see live updates Cove has one plate and notifications reading camera about suspicious that was installed vehicles. According by the county, but to the contract with Glen Cove Public Glen Cove, the comInformation Officer pany will delete colLt. Detective John lected data after 30 N a g l e s a i d t h at days, but the GCPD camera is out of can download the date. data and store it. “We can network The cameras will with other agencies have an initial term who have the same of 24 months, at an LT. JOHN NAGLE cameras,” Na gle detective, GCPD annual cost of said. “These camer$25,000 with a oneas would be state-oftime implementathe-art, unlike the tion fee of $3,500. This has older camera that we have, already been approved in the which really wasn’t that great.” city budget. The pilot program The cameras allow authoriis expected to last 60 days, with ties to observe vehicles that an option to cancel the agree- pass through the cameras’ desment at no cost to the city if it ignated areas, and trace a vehidecides to cancel their con- cle’s route before a crime is tract. There is currently no reported. The cameras would specified date in place to install help spot and locate vehicles the cameras. that may have been involved in The equipment will be purCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
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BILL, CAROL, AND Kathryn Paolillo were among the evening’s honorees. They were joined by their friend Jonathan Capobianco to raise awareness of diabetes research.
‘Cooking for a Cure’ event raises $100,000 By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Supporters in the fight to end diabetes in America met for the annual Cooking for a Cure event at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville on March 29, which raised $100,000. The reception, held for the first time since 2019, featured dinner, drinks, music and raffle prizes, all with the backdrop of Bayville water views for an evening benefiting the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. The World Health Organization describes diabetes as a metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose, which leads to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. The WHO estimates that more than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes,
and one in five don’t know they have it. Diabetes is the seventhleading cause of death in the U.S., and in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with it has more than doubled as the American population has aged and become more overweight or obese. The life-changing disease affects people of all demographics. Dara Melnick, one of the event’s honorees, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes — formerly called juvenile diabetes — when she was 8 years old, in the early 1990s. Her symptoms started with weight gain, which led to a diabetic coma while visiting her grandparents in Florida. Melnick was hospitalized for a week. Hearing her diagnosis, the first question she asked her parents was if she could still CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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e can network with other agencies who have the same cameras.