Is Police Precinct Merger Plan Moving too Fast?

This week, County Executive Ed Mangano's plan to reorganize police precints made it out of committee.

The  proposal to convert four current precincts, including the Eighth, into community policing centers  passed through the public safety committee.

There was a rally outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building by those who opposed the proposal and Legis. Joe Belesi, R-Farmingdale, was heckled by police in the audience while trying to explain why he voted to move the plan out of committee, according to the Long Island Press.

Mangano has accused critics of the plan of "playing politics with public safety.," stressing that all 177 patrol cars in Nassau County will remain on the streets.

The vote by the full legislature is expected on Feb. 27. We'd like to know if you believe more time is needed to study the proposal, or if it needs to move given the County's budget woes.

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