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Friday, January 1, 2016
Vol. 65, No. 1
N E W H Y D E PA R K
HEALTH, WELLNESS NS-LIJ CLOSES DEAL SUNY TO INVESTIGATE ON NEW BUILDING AND BEAUTY MURRAY APPOINTMENT PAGES 25-28
Town leaders echo call for 6th Precinct
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Bosworth, East Hills mayor say service suffers in northern region B y M att G rech Town of North Hempstead officials are calling on Nassau County to reinstate the Sixth Precinct in Manhasset as a fully operational precinct, echoing a letter sent to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano by the umbrella group representing Manhasset civic associations earlier in December. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth called on county officials to undo the merger of the Third and Sixth precincts in 2012 in a letter to Mangano and other county officials on Dec. 24, citing increased threats to public safety and previous changes to county precinct plans. “Knowing that the First and Seventh precinct merger never went through in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and that the Fourth and Fifth Precincts were separated after their merger, it makes sense to undo this ill-conceived merger as well,” Bosworth said in the letter.
She said she was concerned about a reduced a police presence during an “era of increasing prescription drug use and related crimes, home invasions and robberies.” “In February 2012, I expressed my grave concern…about the County Executive’s plan calling for the elimination of four out of the Photo courtesy of Little Sprouts Preschool eight then-operating police precincts, including the Sixth Precinct The nursery and pre-kindergarten students at Little Sprouts Preschool in New Hyde Park perform for in Manhasset,” Bosworth said. “As their families around Christmas each year. Dressed as stars, angels, shepherds, sheep, the three wise I listen to my constituents now, men, the Innkeeper, the little drummer boy, Mary and Joseph, each student selects a part and gets a cosalmost four years later, I hear that tume. The children learn songs during the weeks leading up to the pageant, which re-creates the story of my concerns were well-founded.” the nativity. The pageant is held on a Saturday to accommodate working families and gives both morning Bosworth said “while the and afternoon session students the chance to get to know one another. Third Precinct does its best to protect and serve the residents, there are some facts that are disturbing.” She said that promises of returning a POP unit, or problemoriented police, were not met until recently, and special patrol officers have yet to return to the Third Precinct’s North Subdivision. Bosworth added that with recent world events, the need to in- B y N oah M ans k ar Police data shows the Third merger with the Sixth Precinct, Continued on Page 40 Precinct has seen a total of statistics show. The total numCrime in the area Nassau 7,965 crime reports as of Dec. ber of reported crimes dropped County’s Third Police Precinct 27, about 2.2 percent higher below pre-merger levels last now covers has increased this than 2014’s year-end total of year, and 2015’s total is still below that mark despite the year for the first time since 7,796. Crime rose more sharply in increase. 2012, the year of its merger the first two years following its Continued on Page 40 with the Sixth Precinct.
3rd Precinct sees first rise in crime since 2012 merger
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