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“We’re investing to help our customers to act on their thoughtfulness,” McCann said. “The real business we’re in is the relationship business.”

McCann is now expanding on that in what he referred to as the second act of his career to serve his community. He created Smile Farms, a charity inspired by his brother, who has a mental disability.

The Smile Farms employs adults with mental disabilities, including his brother, to grow flowers and plants that they then sell. He said that unemployment rates for adults with mental disabilities are high and the Smile Farms work to diminish that.

He said establishing Smile Farms and seeing it grow from one campus to 10 has been exciting.

“I’m one of the luckiest people in this room and I’m in a room filled with really wonderful and accomplished and lucky people,” McCann said.

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But Blakeman still reappointed Curran’s police commissioner, Patrick Ryder.

He also recently approved an 8-½ year contract with the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association that he said “keeps our Police Department at the highest levels of salary in the nation but at the same time has provisions that enhance the safety of our communities and guards the taxpayers money.”

This took place after major crimes increased 41% in Nassau County in 2022, led by a spike in those against property.

By comparison, neighboring Suffolk County saw a 15% increase and New York City saw a 22% jump in major crimes tempered by a yearend drop.

Unlike New York City and in keeping with its usual practice, the county has yet to release crime statistics for January, February or March 2023.

Year-to-year statistics can be misleading. But when you have among the highest paid police forces in the country, the bar is set very high.

The same can be said for transparency.

If Nassau police are as good as they are well paid, there is no reason not to allow people from outside the department to review complaints of misconduct.

If all Nassau police are living up to the highest standards in policing, a civilian review board will confirm it.

If some police are not living up to those standards, they can then be disciplined and, if needed, replaced. This would deter others from crossing the line.

This will, in turn, improve the relationship between the police and the community – an important part of effective policing.

A civilian review board will also answer the question of what, if anything, Nassau County police are hiding.