Public Interest

Petition against precinct closures
Posted: Feb. 11, 2012
This petition will be delivered to the Nassau Legislature. Sign it today!

An Inside Look: The Heated Nassau Police Precinct Debate
Posted: Feb. 10, 2012
Long Island Press in depth look into the Mangano plan to close police precincts.

Check out PBA-TV on YouTube!
Posted: Feb. 10, 2012
The official page of the Nassau County PBA on YouTube.

SAY NO TO PRECINCT CLOSURES!
Posted: Feb. 7, 2012
Ed Mangano wants to close HALF of Nassau's police precincts. Help the PBA protect your community. Come to the legislative hearing at 11am on February 27th, or call your local legislator and tell them to VOTE NO ON PRECINCT CLOSURES!
Also: Click here to find out who your Legislator is
Also: Phone numbers of Ed Mangano and all County Legislators

Amid talk of closing police precincts, County Exec fails to collect on $44 million in unpaid tickets (11.32MB)
Posted: Feb. 7, 2012
Mangano administration "drops the ball". Channel 2 News Coverage.

GOP lawmakers halt meeting on precinct plan
Posted: Feb. 7, 2012
Republicans refuse to answer questions, leave proceedings.

Mangano precinct downgrades alarm critics
Posted: Feb. 4, 2012
Republicans and Democrats alike see Mangano plan as a detriment to public safety and Nassau's quality of life.

Nassau PBA Responds to Police Precinct Closing
Posted: Feb. 3, 2012
"POLICE STATIONS ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE MONEY, THEY'RE HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC."
James Carver in depth interview.

Mangano accused of party politics in precinct plan
Posted: Feb. 2, 2012
Three of four planned closures are in districts represented by Democrats.

Nassau fails to collect millions of dollars
Posted: Feb. 1, 2012
Mangano cries poverty but leaves over $44 million in unpaid traffic summonses uncollected.

Critics decry Nassau police precinct plan (9.95MB)
Posted: Feb. 1, 2012
Newsday Video Coverage: Carver, Dems, Community speak out against Mangano precinct plan.

Mangano revamps Nassau precinct system
Posted: Jan. 30, 2012
Dems, Police Unions, and County Residents critical of County Exec's latest ruse.
Also: News 12 Coverage: PBA President Jim Carver Interviewed
Also: FiOS 1 Coverage: PBA President Jim Carver Interviewed

Plan would add extra Assembly seat on LI
Posted: Jan. 27, 2012
Newsday/News 12 coverage of Nassau Redistricting
Also: Click here for News12 coverage
Also: Click here for map of proposed Assembly Districts

Police Fatalities Rise 13% In 2011
Posted: Jan. 3, 2012
Several potential contributing factors cited including equipment cutbacks, lack of upgraded technology, and police layoffs resulting in less manpower.

Ground Zero ceremony for Nassau first responders
Posted: Dec. 22, 2011
Sgt. Richard Doerler of the Nassau County Police Emergency Service Unit laid a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial Thursday along with several hundred other Long Island first responders and their families who paid tribute to their work and to honor the memory to those who died that day.