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The Nassau County Auxiliary Police is a unit of the Nassau County Police Department. These volunteer police officers are assigned to 1 of 36 local community units and perform routine patrols of the neighborhood and provide traffic control for local parades, races, other community events and assist the Police Department as needed.
The List of Long Island law enforcement agencies provides an inclusive list of law enforcement agencies serving New York's Long Island.This includes those agencies serving the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on the western portion of Long Island along with those serving the suburban counties of Nassau County and Suffolk County.
By the 1920s New York City had begun to blend into Nassau County's Western border. As a consequence to the prohibition of alcohol organized crime also began to boom. In 1925 due to rising concerns for public safety the Nassau County Police Department was founded.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman swore in 26 citizens as "special deputies" who will be activated to assist the county during emergencies, such as a terrorist attack or a natural disaster.
In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state. [1] [2] Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, [1] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. [3] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative ...
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“The Nassau County Police Department has the authority and certainly has my approval that if there is a mass gathering anywhere and there is a drone that is a threat to the public at large, they ...
In 1975, the Long Beach Police Department considered merging into the Nassau County Police Department. [9] This proposal was backed by the Long Beach PBA, which argued that by merging its police force into Nassau County's, the City of Long Beach could have potentially saved up to $650,000 – and that the proposal could have led to enhanced ...