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SQUEALDESKNASSAU COUNTY DETECTIVES’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

WORKING FOR YOU... MARCH 2017

“Detective Steven McDonald was an icon of mercy and forgiveness, a prophet of the dignity of all human life, a shining example of the best of what the New York Police Department represents,

a loving husband and father, and a fervent and faithful Catholic,”

-Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

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On March 22, 1961, Patrolman Joseph Coote was shot and killed by one of three armed robbers he was attempting to arrest at the intersection of Brinkerhoff Lane and Th ird Street in Manhasset. Th e suspects seen here were arrested for the murder and were sentenced to 70 years. To the right, Detective George Maher is seen booking them at the desk. George Maher, who retired as Chief of Operations, also founded the N.C.P.D. Museum.

2017 Open Meetings Nassau County Police Detectives’ AssociatŠ n

March 22, 20176:00 pm at the FOP Hall, Hicksville

April 27, 20176:00 pm at the FOP Hall, Hicksville

May 25, 20176:00 pm at the FOP Hall, Hicksville

June 22, 2017Annual Picnic Meeting

Eisenhower Park 11:00 am

September 28, 20176:00 pm at the FOP Hall, Hicksville

October 19, 2017Law Enforcement Night

Leonard’s meeting at 1600 hrs.

November 16, 20176:00 pm at the FOP Hall, Hicksville

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Detectives’ AssociatŠ n Inc.Police Department,County of Nassau

777 Old Country Rd., Suite 202, Plainview, NY 11803516-681-8442 • Fax: 516-681-8446

www.ncpddai.com • Email: [email protected]

Jeff rey S. Gross, Editor

Glenn T. Ciccone, PresidentJohn Wighaus, 1st Vice President

Christopher Muchow, 2nd Vice PresidentChristian Migliore, Treasurer

Jeff rey S. Gross, SecretaryMichael Maloney, Sgt. at Arms

Joseph D. Hill, TrusteeCharles DeCaro, Trustee

Hans Richter, TrusteeRev. Joseph D’ Angelo, ChaplainRabbi Dov Schwartz, ChaplainRev. Gerard Gordon, Chaplain

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Message from the President... Glenn T. Ciccone

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I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and hopefully in the year 2017 things will improve as the County navigates through a tu-multuous time. Th is is an election year for both the County Executive position and the entire County Legislature. Both parties are gearing up for what will prove to be a very interesting election cycle. Th e future of this Department’s administration will be based on the results of these elections. Th e DAI will be closely mon-itoring these elections, as we are also fi nishing up our three year contract extension at the end of 2017 and will need to negotiate a new much needed contract with the future elected offi cials.

As of the writing of this article a total of sixty one members have already retired, including a total of twelve detectives. Promotions are expected which will cause us to lose another group of detectives. If what has been relayed to me by this administration stands true, the promotions they are suggesting would cause us to lose an additional nine detectives. Th is will all happen in the fi rst quarter of 2017. As I stated these are tumultuous times and we must continually be proactive in preserving the De-tective Division and protecting our rights un-der an administration looking to preserve their jobs.

Last week the Commissioner held a De-partment wide meeting announcing his new policy to curb overtime. Unfortunately, in his message to his staff he never discussed the vital need for detectives to maintain case integrity when managing overtime. Th ese drastic mea-sures are synonymous with the wage freeze our members endured years ago. We in the DAI totally understand the need for the administra-tion to manage overtime and maintain a bud-get. Th at is their responsibility and what they are hired to do. However, what we are expe-riencing here is a dismantling of this depart-ment’s operations at all costs without a concern for what we as detectives are expected to do to

eff ectively investigate cases. We will continue to monitor the situation. I encourage all mem-bers to keep me apprised of all investigations they feel have been compromised due to this new policy.

PROMOTIONSTh e Commissioner has promoted several

key members to his administration which we welcome and truly hope to work with profes-sionally in the future. First, I would like to wish Chief of Department Steven Skrynecki good luck on his retirement and wish him the best in his new position in Southampton Police Department. Congratulations and welcome aboard to our new Deputy Commissioner Pat-rick Ryder. Commissioner Ryder is a talented competent individual and I wish him well in his new position. Th e Chief of Department’s position was replaced by our former Chief of Detective’s Kevin Smith. We enjoyed working with Chief Smith during his tenure in the De-tective Division and wish him well in his new promotion. Chief Smith was replaced by the new Chief of Detective’s Steven Palmer. I have known Chief Palmer my entire career. He has always been a man of integrity and I anticipate a smooth relationship with him as our new Chief of Detectives.

NEW DETECTIVESAs I stated earlier the Department contin-

ues to lose many members to retirement. Each week I write letters to our Detectives who are retiring. As I address the letter I see so much great talent continuing to leave the job for the simpler life. It is a constant drain of our mem-bership and a drain of the talent pool. As in years past, the DAI is constantly putting pres-sure on this administration to promote more detectives, and the administration, recogniz-ing this immense attrition problem, has been making every eff ort to promote new detectives. Unfortunately, we still don’t have the number of requests to come to the Detective Division that we need to keep up with attrition. We were forced to extend our search to police offi -cers with less than three years experience. On one hand understandably many of our mem-bers feel they simply do not have enough street experience to do the job correctly. On the oth-er hand I feel we must be positive and recog-nize that these young members are very excit-ed to be in the Detective Division and deserve our support as they reach their assignments. I would ask each of you who fi nd yourself work-ing with a new detective to do whatever it takes to bring them along and assist them in becom-ing great detectives. Everybody in the Detec-tive Division was trained by someone. No one came to the Division with vast experience. So

please do what you can to welcome them to the DD family.

We are pleased to announce that last month the Department promoted twenty one new detectives and this month promoted an addi-tional eleven. We welcome each and every one of them to the Division and wish them much success in their career here. Th e Department plans on hiring an additional 150 – 200 recruits in April or May. Hopefully, with this increase in new membership police offi cers will start to think about their careers going forward and more and more will chose to apply to the Di-vision.

BUILDINGSLast month the Department had its grand

opening ceremony for the new First Precinct. I was present at the ribbon cutting ceremony and have to say the building is truly a state of the art police facility and one the members working there should be proud of. Th e new Fourth Precinct, which is the exact replica of the First with the addition of a Sally Port is underway as is the even larger new Eighth Precinct building which will be home to many of our special squads. Th e estimated time for completion on those two facilities is the end of 2017. Th e County also just closed on the new Morrelly Center in Bethpage. Th is facility is 85,000 square feet and is also slated to house several of our investigative units along with other units and conference space.

NIFA LAW SUIT

As reported all avenues for our New York State litigation, which was strictly a statutory argument, have been exhausted with the NYS Court of Appeals deciding not to hear our ap-peal. Th is left us to return to our federal claim in federal court. Th at being the claim that the County did violated the Contract’s clause of the United States Constitution when they en-acted the wage freeze. Th ough this action has been pending for a number of years, the anal-ysis presented before the Court remains the same, in that, did the County breach the col-lectively-bargained contract rights of the Police Unions as a last resort in a dire economic cri-sis, as required by the Second Circuit in Buff alo Teacher’s case or did they turn to a wage freeze as a political expedient before other alterna-tives had been considered, analyzed and tried? It is our argument that the County in 2011 did not exhaust all remedies, as required by law, before enacting a wage freeze.

A status conference was held in federal court before Judge Wexler on February 14, 2017 re-garding the 2011 wage freeze. At the confer-


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ence, there was a brief discussion regarding the decisions rendered by the state courts on the issue of NIFA’s authority to freeze wages. Th ere was further discussion of the open issues that remain to be decided by the federal court.

Subsequently, Judge Wexler directed the par-ties to condense and re-submit their respective motions on summary judgment, replies, and other supporting/opposing papers by April 5, 2017. Once those papers are fully submitted, he should then decide on the motions.

However, there are several avenues the court

can take at that point. Judge Wexler can either rule in favor of either the unions or of NIFA and the County, or Judge Wexler can deny both sets of motions. In the event Judge Wex-ler denies both sets of motions, a hearing may be required for the Court to make factual de-terminations material to the underlying issue, that being whether or not NIFA and the Coun-ty exercised the wage freeze authority properly. We will continue to keep you apprised as to this litigation.

CONCLUSION

Once again I want to thank our members for

their patience during these diffi cult times. As I have always stated, my door is always open. DO NOT LISTEN TO RUMORS. As much as I say this I constantly hear our members upset about a false rumor. Stop by or call with any questions you may have. Myself or any Board member would welcome an opportunity to talk with you about our issues.

Stay safe and God bless!

Save The DateThe Nassau County

Detectives’ Association Inc.

is hosting the

65th Annual Nassau County

Detectives’ Picnic

Thursday, June 22, 201712pm – 5pm


1st Vice President... John Wighaus

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IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

New York State Constitutional Convention

VOTE NO! VOTE NO! VOTE NO!

WHAT IS A CONSTITUTIONALCONVENTION?

Th e New York State Constitution has many sections providing the residents of this state important rights and protections. It is the most important document for all the citizens of this state and it was written, adopted and amended with great scrutiny to accomplish these goals so that they could not be easily taken away.

A Constitutional Convention is used to

amend either the entire constitution, or any part of it. By law, the question to hold a conven-tion comes up for a vote to the general public every 20 years, the last being on Election Day 1997. Th at convention was rejected by voters.

On Election Day 2017, voters of the State of New York will once again be asked whether a convention should be convened to revise and amend the New York State Constitution. If the question passes, voters will be asked to elect constitutional delegates who will be chosen in November, 2018. Th e Constitutional Conven-tion will then convene in April, 2019. VOTE NO!

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP?

In a word ... Pensions! Th e State Constitu-tion prohibits any of your pension benefi ts from being diminished. In other words, as soon as you join the retirement system, you immediately have certain pension benefi ts and rights that can’t be taken away or diminished. Th is includes our 20-year pension benefi t, the ability to make additional 1/60th pension cred-its aft er 20 years of service, disability pension retirement benefi ts, etc. More importantly, once you retire, the amount of your pension

benefi t cannot be diminished. As you see, this constitutional protection is the most important law we have protecting our benefi ts in the state. Not all states have this protection, and some public employees in other states have had their pension benefi ts successfully reduced without the protection of a constitution.

We have a diffi cult job and face many dan-

gerous situations. Our members have a right to have the pension benefi ts they came to expect when they retire; one they can plan on and expect in the future. Our current retirees left the job and made diffi cult decisions in doing so, knowing exactly what benefi ts would be provided for them in their future years so they could make any necessary adjustments. Lower-ing their pension benefi ts would be devastating in a lot of cases. VOTE NO!

WHAT CAN YOU DO?Th is Election Day, the question will be

placed on the ballot whether or not to hold a Constitutional Convention. First and foremost, Vote NO! Just as important, make sure you have your families and friends that live any-where in the state of New York vote against it also. Remind them that the convention would be another costly expense that they will have to pay for. Th e most recent estimates have the convention costing NYS taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars! For members who live out of state, contact your friends and relatives that still live in New York and have them vote no as well. Th is is the single most important vote that will directly aff ect you and your family. If we all sit back and do nothing, we will fail, and that cannot be an option. VOTE NO!

WHAT IS THE DAI DOING FOR YOU?A. Th e Nassau County DAI is a member of

the New York State Public Employees Confer-ence (PEC). Th is conference is made up of over 200,000 public employees throughout New York State. Th e members of this committee are made up of various kinds of public service labor unions. We are taking a proactive, state-wide approach reaching out to all public em-ployees and educate them on the importance of voting against a Constitutional Convention. We have several strategic plans we are working on. One of them is using Facebook as a tool to get our message out. We have created a Face-book page titled “Stop the War on Public Em-ployees.” Th is page is accessible via invitation only. We will be having DAI representatives sending all the members an invite to the page in the near future so you can view the informa-tion and participate in the discussion. Please participate and show your support. Share the information that is posted so we can educate

people on the issues that holding a Constitu-tional Convention will present.

B. Th e DAI is also a member of New York

State Association of PBAs (NYSAPBAs). Th is is a statewide group that represents all police issues in Albany dealing with the State Legisla-ture as well as the Governor’s offi ce. I currently serve on the Legislative Committee. We have been consistently speaking with all statewide elected offi cials and letting them know our position on the Constitutional Convention. While the Legislatures do not vote to hold one, it is vitally important that they know we as public employees oppose such a convention. Furthermore, we must have a strong presence in Albany to protect not only our pension rights, but our rights that assist us with polic-ing in general.

C. Th e Nassau County DAI is also a member of the National Association of Police Organi-zation (NAPO). We address issues throughout the country aff ecting police offi cers. While this Constitutional Convention issue vote is limited to New York, other states enjoy similar pension protections within their respective state consti-tutions. We are lobbying them to assist us in our eff orts to stop this convention. Th ey have off ered tremendous assistance to us in provid-ing documentation and ideas to challenge the convention.

I will keep you informed as we progress throughout this challenge. Please pay attention to the information we send and join any autho-rized web pages, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds etc. that are against the Constitutional Conven-tion in New York State.

Deny Parole to Judith Clark

Th e DAI along with Law Enforcement rep-resentatives from New York State have joined in an eff ort to keep Judith Clark, who was con-victed in a deadly 1981 armored car robbery behind bars. We request members to call on the New York State Board of Parole to deny her release.

Judith Clark was convicted for her role in the brazen armed robbery of $1.6 million dollars from a Brinks armored car in Nanuet, New York on October 20, 1981. Th e attack resulted in the shooting deaths of security guard Peter Paige, Nyack NY Police Sgt Edward O’Grady and Nyack NY Police Offi cer Waverly Brown. Judith Clark not only participated in the plan-ning of this crime, she also drove one of the getaway vehicles and attempted to reach for a handgun when apprehended by the police. Ju-


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dith Clark was convicted and sentenced to the maximum allowed at the time; three consecu-tive 25 years to life terms.

Governor Cuomo recently commuted her sentence, making her eligible for parole in 2017.

In planning, committing and executing her crimes, a triple murder-robbery, Judith Clark demonstrated a blatant disregard for the rule of the law and an incompatibility with the welfare of society that is so far beyond the pale that any consideration for release would so deprecate the seriousness of the crime and would under-

mine respect for the law.

Judith Clark was found guilty by a jury of her peers for her participation in the heinous crime that left two police offi cers and a bank security offi cer dead in 1981. At a time when police of-fi cers are under fi re by those who seek to cause chaos and undermine our society, the governor chooses to circumvent the judicial process and insult the memory of those brave men whose lives were taken.

Please be sure to write a letter to the Board of Parole and urge your colleagues, family and friends to do the same. You can send letters to:

Ms. Tina M. SanfordChairwoman, Board of ParoleNew York Division of Parole1220 Washington Ave, Building 2Albany, New York 12226-2050

Also, Please sign the online petition urging the Board of Parole to deny Judith Clark’s re-lease. Th e petition is available at www.nopa-roleforjudithclark.com

Be Safe and God Bless America


2nd Vice President... Chris Muchow

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I would like to welcome aboard all the new Detectives to the Division. Being a Detective is the most rewarding position on the Job. Good luck to all of you!

All three Police Unions were present in Judge Wexler’s courtroom where a status con-ference was held in regards to the 2011 Wage Freeze implemented by NIFA. Our attorneys were directed by Judge Wexler to condense and re-submit the motions pertaining to sum-mary judgment; the motions and replies are to be submitted by our attorneys as well as the County and NIFA’s attorneys by April 6. We will certainly keep the membership informed in regards to the lawsuit.

On February 16, the Commissioner held a meeting that was specifi c to Police Overtime exceeding its 2016 budget. Th e department endeavors to cut the overtime to what they feel is appropriate. As we all know overtime is not a guarantee; we also know when it comes to the unique nature of Police work it is unavoidable.

Th e DAI was made aware of some changes that the Department is making. For example, overtime exceeding two hours will require a detailed explanation to a supervisor and that supervisor will have to prepare a TO/FROM Subject letter to the Chief of Detectives Offi ce. Other policies are possibly being implemented as well, such as weekly overtime meetings, dai-ly O.T. reports, bosses including the Chief of Detectives and his executive staff conducting inspections while members are attending court and no surrender arrests within the last three hours of the tour. None of these items are a vi-olation of our contract. I do wonder when the supervisors will have time to actually perform police work and supervise, as well as give guid-ance on cases if they are so preoccupied with overtime. Please keep in mind this directive is not coming from the supervisors that you work with day in and day out, they are following or-ders. I am sure they are questioning some of

these new policies as well. Until these items ac-tually occur we don’t even know what is true or conjecture. I would recommend that you make sure you are aware of your contractual rights regarding P36 days as well as tour changes and when in doubt ask your delegate or any mem-ber of the board for clarifi cation of any work rules. Many of us that have been on the job a while have been down this road before, so let’s take this as it comes. If there is a particular oc-currence that you feel is truly egregious, and is damaging to your case or threatens detective safety, promptly notify the DAI.

Th ere are particular items in the Commis-sioner’s directive that I would like to point out as troublesome. Requiring the supervisor to write a letter explaining the overtime of a de-tective could possibly become concern when it comes to court and testifying. If your are in-terviewed by your boss about details and facts of a particular case and subsequently called to testify in that case, in my opinion that To/From Subject letter could be Rosario material. Th at letter should be presented to the ADA handling the case, who in turn, should provide the letter to the assigned Judge to rule on whether it is, in fact, Rosario material. Only a Judge can decide if it is Rosario and rule on whether it must be turned over to the defense. I hope in an eff ort to justify overtime that is an everyday aspect of our job this policy does not negatively im-pact a criminal case with some inaccuracies. In my opinion, so much time is wasted on doing report aft er report and interviews on overtime it becomes monotonous, burdensome and can-not be sustained if we are to serve the public properly. I have also been told that Precinct Squad bosses will all be sent home and the Duty Boss will be responsible for the County. Th is is another poor idea. With all our new Detectives we certainly need supervision and guidance. What type of logic supports the no-tion that less supervision is a good idea? It is a recipe for problems.

Anytime there is probable cause to arrest a subject, except where the case is ongoing or where special circumstances exist, and an ar-rest is not made, more problems arise. Please familiarize yourself with People v. Singer and a defendant’s Constitutional right to a speedy trial. If you have the opportunity to arrest a subject and choose not to or are ordered not to, that could possibly become a problem down the road aft er an arrest is eventually made. For instance, if you chose not to arrest a subject at a time when an arrest is warranted, and then cannot locate them again for a prolonged pe-riod of time, they may be able to successfully establish that our failure to act deprived them

of an alibi witness who is no longer available or to video footage that has since been destroyed that could have been benefi cial to their de-fense. It is certainly damaging to a case when a detective is subjected to cross-examination and judicial inquiry about why we did not act when we should have. And here is another poten-tial embarrassing scenario: Can you imagine an ADA asking for bail at the defendant’s ar-raignment to insure the defendant’s return to court and being countered by the defense at-torney with, “your honor, bail is not necessary here… the police department certainly does not believe my client is a fl ight risk… they felt no sense of urgency to arrest him a while ago when they could have”.

As I said, take all this as it comes but be aware of the issues that could arise and create problems for your case in the future. If a letter is written in regards to overtime on your case, I advise you to document that somewhere in your case and ask for a copy of that letter. If there is ever an opportunity to arrest a subject and you are told to not make the arrest or a defense attorney sets up surrender and you are told by a supervisor that the time of the sur-render is not conducive, this also needs to be documented since it could potentially damage your case. It is also important to document this information in the event the subject you were told not to arrest engages in subsequent criminal behavior giving rise to a civil action.

Th e DAI has been advised that members at-tempting to come off sick leave are being told there is no department Doctor to put them back to full duty. Obviously this is problem for the overtime topic as well as for our members who want to go back to work but instead are being forced to burn more of their sick time due to a lack of staffi ng. If this continues to happen, please notify your delegate or the board so we can document it. Th e department is still not conducting 207C hearings regarding line of duty status and I am told that they have a backlog of a few years with our member’s re-quests for such hearings. Please keep us in the loop if you are aff ected by this.

Our new detectives, designated on 01-11-17 and on 02-17-17, have not had their salaries adjusted to the correct pay scale and are still being paid as police offi cers. We have a few de-tectives who are in the wrong step scale since 12-01-16 and this has yet to be corrected. We have 19 detectives who did not receive their correct salary step until the DAI notifi ed the department that they had not been given their contractual step raises. Th ose members did have their salary adjusted on 12-01-16, but still have not received retroactive pay. Also, anyone


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who was a detective during the years 2014 and 2015 received an inaccurate equipment check amount. I am in no way trying to insult the great work that P&A does day in and day out. Th at offi ce is fi lled with great people who are hardworking and extremely dedicated. Th e issue is they are short staff ed and were never given the proper training by the department in certain areas of our contract. Th e DAI will be serving upon the department grievances in regards to all these matters. We have been as patient as we could possibly be and have raised these issues with the department on many oc-casions. When it comes to our step raises, sadly I must say the issues are like Groundhog Day; the issues are the same every time and our membership certainly deserves better!

On the topic of our contractual steps, the length of them is 75 months in total, the du-ration of them is 15 months each, the small money increments that accompany the steps is 1% for steps 2 through 4, and unfortunately the steps are co-mingled with PBA steps. We have members mired in an unending maze of steps for far too long. Please be advised that the DAI

Board realizes that this is the single biggest im-pediment to getting new detectives. Years ago, this type of contract may have made sense but we have grown out of this type of step structure and need to move on from it. Th ere are many issues that need to be corrected in the DD but if the department and the county are serious about fi xing the biggest issue: offi cers not inter-ested in becoming detectives, then they must get serious about fi xing this step problem. We are beyond the point of crisis and if you truly are invested in this job, it is time to fi x it. Th e DAI is ready, willing, and able to negotiate a new contract and step structure.

Th e DAI would like to congratulate the fol-lowing members on receiving the great honor of being named Nassau County Detective of the Month from March 2016 through Octo-ber 2016: Detectives Michael Capone, Mathew Schiller , Michael Bartlett, Margaret D’An-gio, Jasseth Evans-Cox, Paul Ferrer, James DePierro, Jeff rey Rios, Robert Lashinsky, Jo-seph Esposito, Timothy McCugh, and Robert Rescigno. Entries are now being accepted for November 2016 through January 2017. Th ey

may be submitted by your boss via e-mail or through inter-departmental mail to the Chair-man, Top Detective Committee at the Offi ce of Chief of Detectives.

Th e fi ling date for the 9/11 Victims Com-pensation Fund was extended to 12-18-20. If you have any questions or concerns with eligi-bility or how to fi le if you have been aff ected by any of the presumptive illnesses of 9/11, please call the offi ce.

Please notify myself or your delegate if you have to appear at IAB either as a subject or wit-ness. Also please notify myself or your delegate promptly if you are injured in the Line of Duty so the DAI can make sure all your workers compensation needs are met, and we can assist you through the process.

Please stop by the offi ce, say hello, and let us know what is going on around the squads.

Stay safe

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Spring is nearly here which means our annu-al Home Golf Outing is nearly upon us.

May 11th is our date with a 0730 shotgun start at Bethpage State Park.

Th is years’ outing is going to be special; it will be our 40th anniversary for this great event.

See the “Save the Date” page in this quarters’

edition for more details.

A lot of changes have taken place this past year; we have a new President of Th ese United

States, many of our colleagues have retired and gone their ways, a new First Precinct was offi -cially christened… there seems to be no end to the changes coming down the road, both local-ly and nationally, so stay tuned.

In closing, enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having and we will see all soon.

Have a very Good Easter and a very Festive Passover.

Stay safe. Christian Migliore


The call comes in at 2:38 AM. Shooting in New Hyde Park. One victim,

52-year-old male, shot…maybe…by the next door neighbor. You bound out of bed, adrenaline-fueled. Quickly dress, brush your teeth, grab your gun and shield – and head out. Late March, rain deluge season on Long Island. You’re heading out in a hurry. You forget to go back and grab a raincoat and umbrella.

You arrive on scene…quickly identify yourself…recognize several old colleagues from the Third. The body is covered by a white tarp, the rain is unbelievable. Puddles and mud all around the body. Its windy and you’re cold and maybe feeling a subtle shiver. You do what you have to do, assessing the scenario and crime scene, methodically, carefully, purposefully. Damn rain.

break. Grab a cup of coffee an put together the case.

Sound familiar? You’ve been a cop for 17 years. Welcomed the stress…and the adrenaline. We’re unstoppable - by shifts, by bad guys, by rain, snow, sleet and hail. Now things are a little different. You have obligations, family, children. You owe them and you owe you to not be taken down by something you can control. You’re

a little more careful on the job, you eat healthier – for them, for you.

So, take that concern to the next level. Take control of your health.Use the same training you’ve had as a detective to investigate your true state of health and any preventable threats to that well-being. Methodically, carefully, purposefully.

It starts with answering the right questions about you and your family’s medical history. Then, a com-prehensive examination and diagnostic testing sequence, all based upon the ev-idence. From there, the formulation of a plan that begins with your physician and specialists, for your Health and Wellness, what to watch for, what can be prevented, what the risks are and how to preemptive-ly mitigate those risks.

Take control of your health. Use

the same training you’ve had as a

detective to inves-tigate your true

state of health and any preventable threats to that

well-being.

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ACCUHEALTH IS PROUDLY KEEPING THE NASSAU COUNTY DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION HEALTHY.

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Secretary Jeffrey S. Gross

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I wanted to start by acknowledging the sac-rifi ces every one of us in the Detective Division makes every single day. As a resident of Nassau County, I truly appreciate it. I would also like to acknowledge the sacrifi ces’ that are made ev-ery day by the DAI Board and Delegates. We hear all sorts of stuff in the offi ce. We know many of our members aren’t happy, but there isn’t one person on the Board or any of the Delegates that isn’t fi ghting to make this a bet-ter and safer place to work. Th ere is a battle fought every day for the membership. It’s oft en frustrating, but we will NEVER give up. Keep doing the terrifi c job that you’re doing. Please, let us do the fi ghting. Th e job is hardly recog-nizable to what it was like twenty years ago. We understand that, we are also angered by it and we will continue the fi ght to make it better.

I’m sure every one of us at some time in our

lives has had moments that are frozen in time. We remember exactly what we were doing when a particular event occurred. One of those events occurred to me on July 14, 1986, that is when I fi rst learned that Police Offi cer Steven McDonald had been shot in New York City. At that point, I had never met or even knew of Po-lice Offi cer McDonald, it was less than twenty four hours before I was due to be sworn into the New York City Police Academy. My par-ents tried to use this as the reason I shouldn’t take the job. For over thirty years, I have had Steven McDonald and his family on my mind. I had the opportunity to meet Steven McDon-ald and had the opportunity to speak with him several times. I was always in awe of him and the way he lived his life. I was again frozen in time, when I recently learned that now Detec-tive First grade Steven McDonald had passed away. He was more than a Police Offi cer or De-tective, to me; he was a true hero and a modern day saint as far as I’m concerned.

I attended the funeral and I heard Steven’s son, Conor eulogize his dad. NYPD Sgt. Conor McDonald stated, “He was the greatest

man that I could ask to be my father, my fa-ther was always committed to me. He did more than most able-bodied fathers could ever do with their sons.” I truly don’t think there will ever be another Steven McDonald. I am bless-ed to have met him and I pray he will rest in eternal peace with the knowledge that he made the entire planet a better place.

Th is past month has been a tough one. Th is month we also lost retired Det. John Albano. John and I made detective together. John was very knowledgeable, hardworking and very funny. I can’t help, but think about John every day since I learned that he was suff ering from cancer. My thought and prayers go out to his family and friends. He will be sorely missed. I am just happy that he is no longer in pain.

Last week, the First Vice President John Wighaus and I attended the wake and funeral of Suff olk County Police Offi cer John Browne. John is the brother of Denis Browne from Intel. While I was at the funeral, I realized how loved and respected John was and I also realized how much public service the Browne family has done; the family served with the NCPD, SCPD, NYPD, FDNY and TSA. Th ey have dedicated

their entire lives to public service. If you know any of the Browne’s, than you know that you have a loyal trusting friend. My thoughts and prayers are with the Browne family.

On a happier note congratulations to all of the newly promoted Detectives. Congratula-tions also to Deputy Commissioner Patrick Ry-der, Chief of Department Kevin Smith, Chief of Detectives Steven Palmer, Chief of Patrol Kevin Canavan, Chief of Support Sean McCa-rthy, Deputy Chief ’s Keechant Sewell and John Berry. Th ere seems to be so much movement in the department right now. Some are moving up, some are moving out and some are moving in with new hirers on the way. I guess that is natural and the way of the world, but for me it makes me feel old in a young person’s job.

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Sergeant at Arms Michael T. Maloney

Trustee’s Corner... Joseph D. HÕ l

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I would like to welcome all the new Detec-tives and Detective Supervisors to the DD. I congratulate all of you on your designations and promotions to the Detective Division. I’m continuing my eff orts to make sure every De-tective is armed with all the latest equipment that will help you defend yourself when you’re out in the fi eld. Training will resume for mem-bers who are not yet trained on the collapsible baton and Taser. Members are reminded to get an updated mace when they cycle through the range or respond their directly and receive an updated one. Members are now allowed to use one payback day for this training. When the Chief of Detectives offi ce receives dates from the Academy staff they will provide them to me

and I will send those dates out on a DAI email. You will choose a date, advise your supervisor and have the Chief of Detectives offi ce notifi ed to schedule you for one of the available training slots. Lastly, I would like to wish all the Detec-tives and Detective Supervisors who have re-cently retired all the best and just say congrat-ulations and thanks for the years of dedicated service and membership in the Detectives’ As-sociation. You will all be sorely missed and I hope to see you at all the upcoming DAI events throughout the years to come.

Always Be Safe,Michael T. MaloneySergeant at Arms

NEW DETECTIVESCongratulations to the Michael Brandt,

James Carver, Anthony Chieco, Joseph Di-giovanni, Th omas Frederico, Jason Green, Daniel Haggerty, Matthew Hall, Darel Haynes, Brian Kabaservice and Gina Salerno. Welcome to the Detective Division. I know your new assignments will have challenges – but I am sure all of you will enjoy being Nassau County Police Detectives. I invite you to stay informed and involved in all DAI meetings and func-tions. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Vote No! As you all have heard from First Vice President John Wighaus this is an import-ant issue that requires some eff ort from all of us to prevent a convention.

Article XIX Section 2 Constitutional Con-vention question will be brought up to a ballot vote by the people of the State of New York ev-ery 20 years to decide whether to have a con-vention. Vote No! Election Day 2017 - Vote No! NIFA LAWSUIT

Judge Wexler directed that the parties re-fi le all of our motions, excluding from the papers the state court questions now decided. All mo-tions, cross-motions, reply papers, and other supporting and/or opposing documents are to be fully submitted by the end of March 2017. Stay tuned.SCHOLARSHIPS

Th e DAI and other law enforcement organi-zation will be sponsoring several scholarships for the 2017 – 2018 school year. Most appli-cations will be available in April. However the New York Law Enforcement Foundation appli-cation is due by June 1, 2017. I will email the application a few more times or you can stop in the offi ce and pick one up.

NEW YORK STATE PENSION ESTIMATESTh e DAI will have NYS Pension Representa-

tives at the offi ce on Wednesday March 22, 2017. 9:30-3:30pm Th ursday, March 23, 2017 9:30-11:00am

POLICE UNITY TOUR CHAPTER 37Will be hosting a fundraiser on Sunday June

25th at 2:05pm at Yankee Stadium. Th e NY Yankees will be playing the Texas Rangers. Th e added bonus is this date is Old Timers Day. At-tendees will be able to come out to the stadium early and watch some of the greatest Yankees of all time take the fi eld once again. Th e cost of each ticket is $37.50. Seats are located in level 233 of left fi eld. For tickets please send an email to [email protected] include your contact information and the number of tickets requested. NASSAU COUNTY DETECTIVES’ ASSO-CIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Will be hosting a fundraiser on Th ursday April 6th at the PGA Superstore located at 1254 Corporate Drive Westbury, New York, from 6-9 PM. Th is will be a great event and some-thing diff erent to raise money for the Founda-tion. Please make an eff ort to attend. MITIGATING OVERTIME

Why this is happening now? Th is is my un-derstanding. Th e Department has surpassed its overtime budget for 2016 by roughly 14 million dollars. According to some – contractual driv-en overtime is projected to continue in 2017. Delayed hiring and the expected retirement of nearly 200 police offi cers and detectives is also projected to increase overtime this year. Last-ly and probably most important is this is an election year. Th e County Executive has been arrested and is under federal investigation. It is highly unlikely that he will run for re-elec-tion. Th is is the perfect political storm. Every

politician that is positioning him or herself to run for County Executive is gunning for the Department and it’s overtime burden on tax-payers. SO WHAT CAN WE DO?

Don’t’ overreact. Remain professional. Do your job the way you’ve always done it. Don’t listen to “that guy” in your squad who is dis-ruptive and incites unnecessary confl icts. If you’re being treated unfairly or a legitimate contractual issue arises the DAI will address it in a professional manor. Th e DAI has an excellent working relationship with the Police Commissioner, Chief of Department and Chief of Detectives’ and can eff ectively resolve almost any problems. We all will have to make adjust-ments to our work habits for the foreseeable future. Circumstances like this always pass and things get back to normal. RECENT RETIREMENTS

On behalf of the DAI Executive Board and Delegates - congratulations to everyone who recently retired especially Milly Serrano from Narcotics Vice Squad. Milly you will be missed; we all wish you a healthy and happy retirement. IN CLOSING

Please be safe out there. Watch out for each other.

Dwight HillTrustee


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Trustee’s Corner... Charles DeCaro

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Th e new year brought a lot of changes to the department. From Chiefs retiring aft er decades of service, to the new cops hitting the streets. Change is in the air. Lets’ not forget the addition of over 30 new Detectives. Who saw that coming? I can say, only a few did. It was the hard work and dedication of those, who made it happen. Congratulations and wel-come to the best place on this great job of ours, the Detractive Division. You will see that we

are the hardest working and most dedicated group out there. As we know, there was a lot of movement up top too. From the promotion of Deputy Commissioner Ryder to our new Chief of Detectives Palmer, Congratulations to everyone and a thank you to those who left us for your many years of service to the Nassau County Police Department.

I understand some of the new Detectives don’t have that much time on the streets. Th at was another issue we faced, as board members. Some of our members voiced their opinions on the matter. All I can say on that is that Detec-tives were needed throughout the Squads. It may not be the most popular choice of some, but it was a move the job had to make. Without the new Detectives hitting the Squads, move-ment cannot happen. Th e numbers aren’t there anymore. For those guys and gals who have been in the squad for bit, step up and show them what has to be done. Remember if they fail, we all fail and failure is not an option for us. Do the right thing!!

As a senior Squad Detective I take pride in the fact that Detectives can turn to me and “run something by me”. Even happens with bosses too. It just comes with the territory. Ask those questions ladies and gentlemen. You will soon see that almost every Desk Offi cer will soon place a not so great case or even a case that was closed out a few days earlier on your desktop. My suggestion to you is: Listen and follow the lead. Ask the questions you need to ask. Take your time and don’t rush through your work. At the end of the day, remember it is your rep-utation, your word, your creditability that mat-ters. It is your case from when it is assigned to you up until conviction. Document your work in your 262’s. Get out from behind your desk, knock on those doors, interview and re-inter-view those witnesses and lock up the bad guy. Th at is what we do as Detectives.

As always, stay safe out there; have each oth-er’s back and be aware of your surroundings.

Fraternally yours,Charlie DeCaro


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Trustee’s Corner... Hans Richter

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As I pen this article I have just returned from a nice set of RDO’s where my family and I took a short vacation to Atlantic City, New Jersey while the kids were off from school. It was my fi rst time taking the kids there and for those who have not taken their kids there before, A.C. off ers a great deal for family fun along with adult fun. What I did not expect was the early spring weather which we were all able to enjoy. Eating lunch outside on the boardwalk on a nice 70 degree aft ernoon in February brings hope to all that the spring and soon the summer are right around the corner.

THE 40TH ANNUAL DAI HOME GOLF OUTING

Look for the fl ier in this edition of the Squeal Desk and save the date for the 40th Annual DAI Home Golf Outing which will take place on May 11, 2017 (with a rain date of May 25th, 2017). Th is year we are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of this great event. To celebrate, the Committee headed up by our very own Treasurer Christian Migliore, has been work-ing very hard to secure Celebrities, great food and great prizes to make the anniversary golf outing an overwhelming success and a great fundraiser for our very own Nassau County Detectives Charitable Foundation. Th is year we will be playing the Red and Blue Courses of the Bethpage State Park. SAVE THIS DATE!!!!!!!! You do not want to miss this outing!

THE ANNUAL DAI DETECTIVES PICNIC Speaking of saving the dates, this year’s 2017

installment of the Nassau County Detectives Picnic will be held on Th ursday June 22nd

2017 at Eisenhower Park Field 6A. Festivities begin at High Noon and go through 5:00pm with an aft er party to follow at RC Dugan’s Bar and Grill located on Hempstead Turnpike across from NUMC. Th ere are already a good amount of vendors that are anxious to partici-pate in this event. Th ere is also great food, Live Music all day and everyone’s favorite **Beer Garten** will once again be showcased during this event. “As always, many hands make for little work so please come down and help your fellow Detectives and our Retired Detectives set up and break down the vent, It would be greatly appreciated and you will have a great time”. Save the date and come down and help celebrate the Detective Division and it’s 65th Anniversary Picnic.

ATTENTION ALL VETERANSMarines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Coast

Guardsmen and National Guardsmen. I am pleased to report that I have spoken with Pres-ident Ciccone regarding the creation of the Nassau County Detectives Association Inc. Veterans Aff airs Committee. It has come to my attention that a large contingency of the DAI membership and their families has been direct-ly or indirectly aff ected by military service to our great nation. Some of our members are still currently serving and a great many more have honorably served our great country in the past. What we hope to accomplish with the creation of this committee is to serve those members and their families who have served our coun-try by looking aft er their welfare regarding Veterans issues and keeping you informed of the latest news, events, legislation and benefi ts eff ecting veterans today. Th e DAI believes that it is important to take care of our members who have sacrifi ced so much for all of us. As I am announcing this Committee I would like to ask each Delegate to get me a list of mem-bers in their commands that are current, (Es-pecially those that are currently deployed) and former members of our military so I can com-prise a database. I would also ask all members of the DAI to please email or call me with any information you may have that could be used to support Veterans within our union. I plan on writing a separate article in each addition

of the squeal desk from here on out regarding Veterans Aff airs. I will thank you all in advance for your support in this very important matter.

First item that I can report is that Physician David Shulkin has been confi rmed as the new Secretary of Veterans Aff airs. What was unusu-al is that the Senate of the United States con-fi rmed Secretary Shulkin 100-0 in a rare show of bipartisanship amid partisan contention over the Presidents other nominees. He was originally a President Obama administration offi cial who has been the VA’s top health offi cial since 2015. Since his initial appointment he has vowed to not completely privatize the VA and to “always protect veterans interests fi rst” even if it meant disagreeing with the current admin-istration. Hopefully he sets the VA back on the right course in taking care of our Veterans.

Lastly for this edition of Veterans Aff airs, I have found a Cliff Notes version of Federal Benefi ts for Veterans, Dependents and Survi-vors. Th is hand guide can be found under U.S. Department of Veterans Aff airs (vets.gov), un-der VA pamphlet 80-16-01: P94663. Th is has a wealth of information contained within in regarding Veterans benefi ts in a small booklet.

PARTING SHOTSIn closing, I will say as always, stay safe,

stay vigilant out there and watch each other’s backs. We all go home safe at the end of tour, we win!!!!

Semper Fi, Hans


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Chairman of Delegates Christopher Rowan

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SPREAD THE WORD – VOTE “NO” TO A NEW YORK CONSTITUTIONAL CON-VENTION REFERENDUM.

On November 7, 2017, voters will go into voting booths throughout New York State and, as they are every 20 years, will be faced with the Constitutionally mandated question, “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitu-tion and amend the same”? A constitutional convention is unlimited in the scope of what it could change. Th is would place New York State’s rights and protections at risk of alter-ation or elimination, including the guarantee of a free public education, a prohibition against aid to non-public schools and the right to Workers’ Compensation. Th e right to unionize and bargain collectively and state requirements regarding pensions (not just future pensions, but also those currently being paid out) and social welfare could also wind up on the chop-ping block.

Voters rejected the last required call for a constitutional convention in 1997, aft er many groups worked together to convince voters that it was not in the best interest of the people of the state. Th ey are:

•Public and private organized labor; •Prohibiting reductions in public pen-

sion benefi ts (Article 5, §7);•Rights to workers’ compensation (Article 1,

§18);•Rights to be a member of a union and bar-

gain collectively (Article 1, §17); • Environmentalists and conservationists

who do not want to see the repeal of “forever wild” provisions;

• Advocates for public education at all levels; •Guaranteeing the right to a free public

education (Article 11, §1);• Social welfare advocates; •Requiring the state to provide for

social welfare needs (Article 27, §1).• Fiscal conservatives who want to keep ex-

isting state debt limits in place; and• Government watchdog groups who just

don’t want to “spend the millions of dollars to hold a party in Albany.”

• Delegates can include members of the Leg-islature or other elected offi cials, as well as po-litical party leaders — and they can hold both positions, collecting both salaries.

• Th e delegates would pay themselves a sala-ry, set their own rules and hire their own staff . New York State League of Women Voters says a convention is estimated to cost $300 million.

Because of the risk to our ability to collec-tively bargain, possible changes in our public pension benefi ts, the risk to worker’s compen-sation rights, and other labor protections. I urge our members, their families and friends to vote NO to a New York State Constitutional Convention! SPREAD THE WORD!

THE NEXT GENERATIONOn December 27 of last

year I met a young recruit who was on fi eld training in the 7th Precinct at a bur-glary investigation. While speaking to him and anoth-er offi cer, something caught my eye. I took a second look and realized his shield number looked very famil-iar. I had to say it to myself as “two-four-eight-four” to make sure I was correct. He noticed I was staring at him and he asked if something was wrong. I told him, in a very serious tone “Take that off ” while pointing at the shield. With a very puz-zled look on his face tinged with a little fear that he had done something wrong, he started to comply. He asked me “Why?”, to which I an-swered “Because it’s mine!”. Th is young offi cer had been issued the shield which was

issued to me over thirty years ago! He was ac-tually very excited. He told me that he and his girlfriend had been talking about how they wondered who had the shield previously, and did he have a successful career. I told him I would let him know in a few years if it was suc-cessful or not. He was impressed at how shiny it still was, and I alluded to how it remained well protected for many of those years. Th en I took out my Detective shield and held it up next to the police offi cer shield and told him I would take care of that one too, until he was ready to take it over.

A few weeks later I received a text from a friend of mine in Florida who is a retired NYPD Detective. He told me that his best friend’s son had graduated the Nassau academy and was as-signed to the 7th Precinct. He asked me to look up P.O. Cango and keep an eye out for him. I had a good laugh, and at this point I had to call my friend and tell him that the small world rule had hit again. Th is was the same “kid” who had my shield number. Hopefully this is all a good omen at the start of a career.


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Around the Squads... Delegates

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1st SquadFirst Squad News

Th e First Squad does not exist in a vacuum.

It has its own set of diffi culties and situations that arise much like any other. Like the entire job, the First squad is changing and quickly. I wrote in an article last year about the amount of experience that has left the squad and DD in general. Th e decision by NIFA to freeze our contract created a situation that was never an-ticipated. For a time, it has made an entry level position the most desirable, mostly due to the lack of hiring during that time. It has caused the DD to have problems recruiting. Add to that the increasing retirements caused by the end of the contract extension and other fi nan-cial reasons. We were and are at a critical point.

Paul Read has retired as of January, Leaving

Jimmy Healey as our most senior Detective. At one point this year we were operating with 17 Detectives. Every team was a 2-man team. Th e Union has reached an agreement that has al-lowed the designation of new Detectives. We have recently added 7 members. Mike Th roo transferred from the 7th Squad, Scott Skyre-necki, John Saleh and Lance Zimmerman came from diff erent aspects of Patrol in January. We added 3 additional members, James Carver, Ryan O’Leary and Anthony Chieco in Febru-ary. We welcome them to our family and wish them all the best. Ryan is currently deployed overseas with the military. (Please keep him in your prayers). I have never before seen 7 new guys added to one Squad at the same time. Th at requires the existing Detectives to train them and get them up to speed. Th at requires pa-tience and time on everyone’s part, including Supervisors. But as the expression goes, “Time is Money”. Which has its own challenges, which I will not address.

Rather than fi ll-up this article with gripes, I

have tried to keep it light and easy. I wanted to share something that hit home to me and something I have shared with my family during a diffi cult time.

As bad as it is, it could always be worse.

Be cognizant of what you have and be thank-ful for it. Understand that there are others who are not as fortunate as you are and keep them in mind.

Get involved and help out when you can to enrich another person’s situation.

Th anks again for sharing your time with me.Dave Ekstrom

2nd Squad

Hello Everyone,

I have to apologize in advance for the piss-ing and moaning to follow. I’m in my 27th year and I’ve lost count of the amount of times peo-ple have commented on it can’t get any worse. Th e latest assault has come in the form of an overtime assault on the Detective Division. It was just a few months ago that we heard the words uttered that he can’t do anything about the patrol overtime so he has to go aft er the DD.

Well, here you have it. It’s come down to telling Detectives what time they can make an arrest. Putting a set time on how long an investigation/arrest should take, as if any two are alike. While the supervisors themselves are fi elding calls from headquarters as to why the arrest is not fi nished yet. Hint, a good investi-gation, 475 forms, Morning reports, Arrest in-formation sheets, ECAB, etc. etc. Who will take the fall when one of these cases goes south?

It was just a few short years ago that the Detective Division was referred to as a gentle-man’s job. You were treated with a little respect for the job we are asked to perform. But that’s all been forgotten, as people with politically motivated reasons and people who’ve forgotten where they’ve come from decided to reinvent the job again at all of our expense. Our jobs should never be done with the primary con-cern being the amount of hours it takes, but that it is done thoroughly and properly.

Th rough all of this, members of the Detec-tive Division have continued to do their jobs in the professional manner expected of them. I can only wait to see what is next aft er the meet-ing held on 2/17 specifi cally called to address overtime (again). One thing is clear, decisions will more than likely be made with no concern for quality, or doing the right thing in general for our members, the human being part. Th en, we are asked to keep up the good work, sell the job to the patrol guys and have a good morale.

On a brighter note, we wish a happy and healthy retirement to Sally Grathwohl. Con-gratulations to Paul Giambona on his trans-fer to SVS and Greg Bernhardt on his transfer to Major case. We welcome Joe Testa, Justin Schackne, Steve Haggerty, Michael Brandt, Matthew Hall and Joseph DiGiovanni to the 2nd Squad.

Just a reminder the Second Squad has chal-lenge coins, shirts, jackets and pullovers avail-able for purchase. Call or stop by and see Hans

Richter, Mike Perna or John Vega.

Here ya go....

Notes from The Third Squad… written by John O’Connor.

So, you want a rant? “Th ere’s no fi ner job anywhere… and if

they’re not happy, they can leave…If it’s a hor-rible job and if you think there’s something else better out there, then go too.”

Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Th omas Krumpter And that, in nutshell, seems to sum it

up. Why in the world would anyone say to their entire organization to either like it or leave it? If more than a few are echoing a sim-ilar sentiment, could it be, I don’t know, true? Seems to reason if the general sentiment seems to echo the sentiment that things aren’t all piz-za and fairy tales, that mayhap it should be ad-dressed?” Like it or leave it” sounds ominously like an ultimatum. Th ey tend not to work in the long run.

Nah. All is well.

On a lighter note, congratulations abound of the recent promotions & designations, as well as the subsequent [and long overdue] move-ment countywide. If you’re in a position to make a change for the better, there’s no time like the present to move forward and address something that you feel should be addressed. And, no I’m not telling you to whom that’s di-rected at. I’m sure they know.

ECAB. Over the course of the summer, as hard as it is to fathom, I had cause to “disagree” with member<s> of our District Attorney’s Of-fi ce [John Quixote, I know…] Th ey were of the position that they and they alone decide what the charges are, and that they’ve always done that. Shockingly, they didn’t care for my answer that they don’t decide, we do. I Understand full well that it is a collaborative eff ort, and ul-timately, they will be taking the case once we’re done…responsibilities given up are seldom re-stored. Too oft en, members of both the villages as well as our own department’s fi rst comments is “I already ran it by ECAB.”

Well, why? Th ere’s more than enough intelli-gence and talent in virtually any squad to fi gure out most any charge. Moreover, they have a dif-ferent responsibility than we do. Same Side, not same team dichotomy. Cases aren’t meant to be adjudicated at the fi rst step. Th e sooner that it’s realized, the easier all of our lives can be.


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“Sticks and stones…” Ah yes; the old rhyme where you’re basically ignoring, well, the igno-rant. I choose the latter because, recently, it was more than implied, by both a local politician as well as members of this department that racism might have been a factor in the decision-mak-ing process of case. Th ink that might have a lasting eff ect on the detective if they attached a name to the case? I certainly wouldn’t expect anything less of a politician to simply get their strings pulled and react accordingly. Our de-partment? Well, do your homework fi rst boys and girls; do your homework…

It seems that as result of the hiring boom of the last few years, they’ve up and made many new detectives, some of which are both very young and very inexperienced in police work. Some are just fl at out young [it certainly couldn’t be the opposite…you know, I’m old? Nah]. In and of itself, that’s not a bad thing by any stretch. Fresh blood and all that. Moreover, this isn’t, a continuation of the “things were better then…” kind of commentary…that ship has sailed. So, congratulations on the reward for your hard work. To paraphrase Dr. Quin-cy…” welcome to the most fascinating world of police work…” Welcome aboard!

Th at being said, let’s also keep an eye out for our new guys & girls, especially since there’s no indication as to when they’re going to train them. Gone, it seems forever, are the days where you’re designated on Friday, and Mon-day morning, bright and early, you’re digging in for two to three weeks of training for what amounts to a brand-new job. More interaction with people, more paperwork, more responsi-bility… Telling an attorney that your training consisted of buying bagels and sitting next to some grumpy old fellow is the basis of your detective training isn’t going to go over well in court…

During the month of March, there are lit-erally dozens of local Saint Baldrick’s events throughout, Nassau, Suff olk…heck, all over. It’s for a great cause; fi ghting childhood cancers. Hans Richter, among others, is a regular sup-ported of this great foundation, shaving away for years now. If you can, try and throw a few bucks into the pot so that hopefully, one day, no parent will ever have to hear those words “I’m truly sorry, but….”

4th Squad

Well, spring is almost here, it feels like I was just wishing everyone Happy Holidays. Just goes to show you how fast time goes by. We had a few additions to the 4th squad since the last article, WELCOME Jason Hernandez, Robert Oberg, and Brian Kabaservice. I’m sure you will all do a fi ne job. If there are any ques-tions or concerns, just reach out to me, or any

other member of the squad. We will be happy to help!! Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Brian Wulff , who went to Crime Scene, and Mike Kamperveen who made the lateral trans-fer to the 5th squad. We all wish you the best!! Th e new Precinct is coming along, and we are told that it looks like late spring to early sum-mer for the move in. Remember that the DAI open meetings are at the F.O.P. Hall in Hicks-ville, I encourage all to try to attend.

Remember to notify your Delegate if you get summoned to IAU. And as always, Stay Safe, watch each other backs, and wear your vests!!

Fifth Squad

by Roy McComb

As this is my fi rst squeal desk article I would like to start by saying thank you to all of the members of the 5th Squad for allowing me this opportunity to be your union representative. I am truly proud of the work we do and I’m honored to be your delegate. Th is goes without saying but if any of you need anything, please don’t hesitate to call me, day or night. I’d rather get the phone call at home than have to try to take care of something a day later.

Congratulations to Steve and Erin Caporaso on the birth of their daughter, Claire Patricia, 7 lbs, 2 ounces, 20 ½ inches. Th ey welcomed the new member of their family on November 17th, 2016. Now you need the house Steve, you’re gonna run out of room real quick. I don’t remember ever having a birth announcement in the Fift h Squad squeal article. Maybe we’ll have a few more of these in the future with the younger guys making detective.

We welcomed four new members to the 5th Squad in January, Leigh Teta, Rod Lopera, and Chris Marciano come to us by way of uniform and Mike Kamperveen transferred from the 4th Squad. Your addition to the Squad is much appreciated by the rest of us and long overdue. Also Joe Testa transferred to the 2nd Squad. Good luck Joseph, we’ll miss you and your long, short stories.

We held our 4th/5th Squad Christmas party at Mio Posto in Hicksville on December 20th and a good time was had by all. Th ank you to my fellow Gang of Five members and Tony Draghi for all of your help in making the party a success. Since we de-merged back in January, I know that I miss the 4th Squad members and it was nice to see everyone. Our combined par-ty is one tradition that I’m happy to say, will continue as long as I’m here.

Th e DAI picnic is scheduled for June 22nd at Eisenhower Park. If you’ve never been, it’s a good time. Food, drink, and fellowship….that’s what it’s all about.

Until next time….stay safe, watch out for each other, and do the right thing!

7th Squad

New arrivals in the 7th Squad are Det. Ja-son Wrieske and P.O. Sean Considine most recently of CIRRT and the return to the 7th of Det. Dwight Ford from the 3rd Squad, who was a familiar face from his patrol days here. We also welcome Lt. Nick Stillman as our new Commanding Offi cer and congratulate D/Sgt. Al Otto on his designation. We say goodbye to Det. Mike Th roo who moved on to the 1st Squad.

8th Squad

Looks like the 2/8 Squad will be starting the new year right where we left off , shorthand-ed. We thank all our members for signing up for short roll call to keep the citizens of Nas-sau County safe. May Sally Grathwol have a healthy and long retirement aft er 22 yrs of ser-vice. Good luck Paul Giambona on your trans-fer to special victims and also Greg Berhardt to Robbery/Burglary detail. Welcome Joe Testa form the 5th Squad. And from patrol welcome to the DD Justin Schackne, Michael Brandt, Matthew Hall, Joseph DiGiovanni, and Daniel Haggerty. Gene Umbarila still recovering from shoulder surgery hopes to be back soon.

So, the cutting of overtime I hear will be coming off the backs off the DD. Seeing fi rst-hand, the fear in people’s eyes when you’re on over time, when all you’re trying to do is do the job right, so as not to look like an ass and then get dragged under the carpet if something does go wrong with an investigation.

On a lighter note, DID YOU KNOW: Th at Anthony Ramos pitched a no hitter when he was 7 years old. Al Rodriguez was a mall cop and Frank Quinci was a Village People Fan Club Member and he tried to be cast as the minion leader in the new fi lm. Hans Richter is looking like Grizzly Adams again ,he is to be shaved on March 19 for the St. Baldricks Foun-dation if you would like to donate you can do so all year in his name. Stay safe and God Bless.

Ego Can Crowd Out Leadership Skills What’s the biggest obstacle to overcome in

order for you to lead eff ectively? It’s not budgets. It’s not educational restrictions. It’s not having the wrong people to lead. It’s not having a lousy boss yourself. It’s not the money you make or the assign-

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While all of the above may be challenges, the greatest, most formidable obstacle to overcome in order to truly lead is one thing … your per-sonality.

John Vega

HQ1

I hope everyone’s New Year started off on a good note. It’s March already, the clocks will be advanced forward and before you know it, Spring will arrive!

I’d like to congratulate all twenty one new detectives, and I would like to welcome Mau-reen Roach to Headquarters 1.

In January’s Open delegate meeting we had guest speakers Deputy Commissioner Pat Ry-der and Chief of Detectives Steven Palmer. We are very lucky to have both these men with their knowledge and experience to be leading us .Th ey are both truly good people and will have our backs.

Scott Kovar stopped by on Feb.2 to give an update of life in Texas. He was in town testi-fying on a Robber/Homicide case and it was good to see him. He spoke of his Dad visiting him in Texas and bringing him down to the fi r-ing range shooting off assault weapons!!! God bless him his Dad in his 90’s fi ring AR-15s and stomping rattle snakes with his cowboy boots!!! (only kidding about the snake)….

I just read my e-mail earlier today be-fore writing this article and learning of Det. John Albano’s passing. John was a great guy, I worked with him in the 7th Pct. For a short period and I know he had been sick for a while. My deepest condolences to his family, please keep him in your prayers and thoughts.

Be SafeFraternallyJohn FennessyHQ1 Delegate

HQ 4

Th e days are getting longer and warmer as we head into the Spring of 2017. I am your new writer for the Squeal Desk articles. I just said, yes to this job a few days ago, so bear with me as I settle in. Don’t be insulted if I forget to mention something pertaining to you in the beginning, I’ll be putting a box near my desk for article ideas.

I would like to start by expressing our sin-cere condolences to Rosemarie Bouton and Nelson Lopez on their losses of their respective family members.

It’s good to see that Hal Horch and Vic Piz-zarro healed enough to be back at work doing a good job again. Welcome back to Kevin Ken-ney, Steve Firestone and Pat Carroll from their previous assignments. As we welcome back some, we also have to wish good luck to others who are leaving. Good luck to Mark Maniet and Charlie Johnson who are leaving to diff er-ent task forces and to Mark Spottiswood on his transfer. Also congratulations to Millie Serra-no on her retirement and get well soon from your injuries.

Congratulations to Pat Carroll and Vinny Borgia who were honorees as the P.B.A.’s Detec-tives of the year. Th ere are a lot of hard workers on this job but you can’t really appreciate them fully unless you work next to them and these two guys work their tails off and deserve the accolades that were bestowed upon them.

All of us in Narcotics want to thank those who made our Christmas party a huge success. It was great to see so many retirees attend and help us all have a great time.

On a personal note, I want to thank ADA D. J. Rosenbaum in prosecuting a Narcotics/Vice Squad arrest for a predatory rapist. Th e case took a long time to work its way through the system and at the end a guilty verdict was ren-dered. Th is rapist was guilty on many counts and with all the time he received it comes down to him serving at least the next 55 years of his life in jail. A job well done and thanks for the hard work.

I also want to thank all the Offi cers and AMTs who have saved so many lives with NARCAN. We try to be the voices of the vic-tims of these overdoses but if it wasn’t for you, the number of fatal overdoses each year would be so much more. I talk to you when I respond to scenes and your stories of saving lives are great. All of us responding to these scenes are a little tired of the deaths of these young men and women and hopefully there will be a better solution soon.

Next article, I’ll be addressing the atroci-ties of these drugs. A little look into the un-derground sub-culture and how it’s a tangle of heartache, deceit, disease, unwanted sex and the fear and self-loathing that some of these kids bear.

Th is month is a little disjointed but I’ll get better at writing these articles with your help as I go forward. I know some of you want to hear my ramblings.

Just be mindful and careful out there.Dave 2-me

HQ5

I would like thank everyone who supported me in this past election for the Headquarters 5. It will be an honor to serve the men and the women of SVS, DA, Missing Persons and Fugitive Squads and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone. I will be accessible 24/7 by cell phone if anyone ever needs me or if you just have a question @ 516-455-9456. With that said, I would also like to also give a special thanks to Rich Lee who ran a good, clean election and I appreciate him for putting himself out there and also for his friendship, thanks Rich.

John Wighaus has spoken at the at the last few Open Meetings about the possibility of a Constitutional Convention and what it might me mean to “Our Occupation” and how it might impact us and our families. I am attach-ing a link to a video that will help us all un-derstand how this might mean to us all. Please talk to your friends and families and spread the word for this coming Election Day and to Vote “NO”!; https://youtu.be/oWps1pCTOho

Th e DAI, PBA, SOA and our Lawyers met with Judge Wexler to begin the process of the Federal Law Suit. Th e argument being brought before Judge Wexler is about if it was uncon-stitutional for the county and NIFA to break a legally binding contract. Th e county and the unions have to submit all required documents so that Judge Wexler can make a decision or set a trial date. Please stay updated by the emails that Glen sends out, they are punctual and very detailed.

If anyone is still in steps please see myself or Chris Muchow for a list of all charts and steps for all Detectives that are still in Steps. Chris took a lot of time to put this together and the charts are very helpful.

Anyone who is notifi ed to go to IAU as a witness or a subject should notify me so you can get the proper representation that you de-serve. Please let me know even if you are a wit-ness because it still will be benefi cial to all that are involved.

I would like to congratulate Jeff rey Schilling on his recent retirement. Jeff served the resi-dence of Nassau County for more than 34 years and he did so proudly and in a professional manner. Jeff spent most of his time in the 5th pct, the 5th Squad and Fugitive Squad. Good Luck Jeff , you will be missed.

On April 6, 2017 the NCPD DAI Charitable Foundation will be holding a Fund Raiser that will be sponsored by Craig James at the PGA Superstore in Westbury. It will cost $50 PP and you will get a $20 Gift Card in return. Th ere


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will be food, drinks, longest drive contests and a putting contest. Please come down and show some support! Other upcoming events are the following; May 11, 2017 the Home Golf Out-ing, May 14 thru May 20 is Police Week and June 22, 2017 is the DAI Annual Picnic.

Please come down to the next Open Meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 @1800 hours and let your presence be known. Everyone can contribute to our Union by doing their part and that can be just by showing up or even giv-ing an idea that might help us succeed!

Hope to see you all their and once again it is my privilege to serve all of you!

Rich Grogan

HQ6 Well here we are. March 2017. Many of us

are wondering where did the time go? Th e rate of retirees is unbelievable these days. We have said goodbye to many of our friends that have retired and who have started their new life en-deavors. Th at is the game plan; fi rst, make it to the twenty year mark and it’s all downhill. At least that’s what they say. Th at’s our goal; to re-tire and live a long life enjoying our families.

Recently, we lost one of our newly retired brothers, Detective John Albano. John re-tired only two and a half years ago from CAP Squad’s Auto Crime Unit. Nine months ago, John was diagnosed with a very advanced and terminal form of brain cancer. Aft er undergo-ing numerous surgeries, chemotherapy and rehabilitation, John was unable to overcome this illness; Leaving behind his wife Sandy and their two children James and Lauren. In De-cember of 2016 John and Sandy were able to attend the Major Case Bureau, Crimes Against Property Squad holiday party. Th e attendees were made up of active and retired members from CAP Squad. I would like to thank Ret. Detective John Conley and the Charitable Foundation for help to make this night mem-orable for John and Sandy. Th e Charitable Foundation so graciously provided limousine service for the Albano’s to the event. Th e idea I’m trying to convey is…You never know when it’s going to happen. Live your life to the full-est ALL the time. Don’t wait until aft er your numbers are run and you think you’ve made enough money to live the rest of your life! You can’t take with you when you go. Speaking of Retirees, we would like to congratulate D/Sgt. Rich Harasym on his recent retirement as the Commanding Offi cer of CAP Squad as well as D/Lt. Kevin Power, Commanding Offi cer of Arson Bomb good luck guys.

As you all know the job as shaken the mon-ey jar to see what coins may come out. Th e realigning of the Detective Division was a big change for many of us. Recently the Comput-er Crime Unit of CAP Squad which consists of one Detective, John Valsamis, was assigned to Electronics Squad. Th e Child Exploitation Unit with Detectives Adam Constantino and myself, Pete Badalucco has found a new home in Beth-page at Special Victims Squad. SVS guys, thank you for the warm welcome. Last but not least, congratulations are order for our newly made Detectives. Good luck with the craziness, “Th is too shall pass”.

Pete Badalucco

HQ 7

Congratulations to….

Detective William Palazzola on his retire-ment aft er 32 years of service.

Detective John McLaughlin on his retire-ment aft er 30+ years of service.

Vinny Logudice and Basil Gomez on their designation to Detective.

Vinny Logudice on the birth of his son, Conor.

Joe Albergo on bringing home two fi rst place fi nishes at the 2016 Revolution Power lift ing Syndicate competition at Hofstra’s Mack Cen-ter. Joe swept the November event in his age group and the Police/Fire categories in Bench press (385 lbs), Squat (485 lbs) and Dead lift (400 lbs).

Congratulations to DAI Associate Mem-ber….

Deputy Commissioner Ryder on his promo-tion.

D/Lt Watson on his designation and transfer to the Commanding Offi cer position at Asset Forfeiture.

D/Sgt Craig Croly on his transfer to Asset Forfeiture.

D/Sgt Bolitho on his transfer to Homicide.

S/Sgt Caterina Rhatigan for her transfer to GIS.

D/Sgt George Hoeler for being the recipient of the PBA 2016 Supervisor of the Year Award.

Welcome Steven Caporaso and Laurene Bal-four to Special Investigations.

Farewell to Detectives Steven Firestone and Kevin Kenney who went back to Narcotics.

We are delighted to have you back Rob An-nese. We are glad you are feeling better!

I recently paid a visit to Dennis Barry to have my will updated. In doing so, two of my co-workers were inspired to do the same. Please remember that this service is an im-portant one and is free to you and your spouse through the DAI. You can contact Dennis at (516) 317-2024.

Our Police family recently lost a hero. Ever since the day he was shot, Steven McDonald and his family endured hardship that none of us could ever imagine. Despite being wheel-chair bound, he inspired and changed lives with his positive and encouraging message for over 30 years. Steven had the perseverance to get through every day with determination and a smile despite his disability. He was an inspira-tion to us all! May he rest in peace.

Stay safe!


“Like it is...” Retired Delegate Raymond Gene

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I am back to write a few paragraphs in the Squeal Desk to tell it “Like it is.”

It is a new year and quite a bit has happened in this great country of ours. First off , I want to wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. So many things have happened since my last article that I don’t know where to begin.

For starters, those who read my last article will realize that I was correct. President Don-ald J. Trump. Who’d a thunk. Crude speaking man but no worse than all the rapper songs out there. Speaking of crude language, all who watched the Super Bowl to the end, with their kids, it seemed like the new word that can be said on the air by the players is, “kiss the MF-in trophy.” What hypocrites!

Next, I would be remiss if I didn’t give you a

brief description of an event I worked while in charge of security. I will remember it forever.

Picture this in your mind.

Election Night, an event attended by over 400 of the wealthiest people in NYC. I can not divulge the political party, but, the event was the second largest pre-victory party sched-uled for that evening. Th ere were dozens of large television sets throughout the building, all tuned to CNN and a great deal of CNN ex-ecs in attendance. And then there was the little TV set, tucked away in a corner, tuned to Fox News. Dignitaries all over the place begging the host for future White House dinner invites. Early on, It seemed like it was a given. Th at was until about 9-ish. Th en the tide started turning in Florida. I, as Head of Security, grabbed the Event Planner and requested that all the win-dows on the second fl oor be secured. She gave me a puzzled look but then it dawned on her what I was worried about. I didn’t want any-one jumping out of the windows. You guys re-member that s—t use to happen when a regime change took place on our job. All “Nets out” for possible jumpers. I had security personnel posted by all the defi brillators, just in case. And I, personally, stood guard by the Nathan Hale exhibit. Th e Hangman’s Noose was on display.

Th is leads me to another thought I had. Now, while writing this piece, I’m half in a bag mind you, just half, and I have a great deal of thoughts going on. Recently, many of my friends and acquaintances are getting ill and

dying and there is nothing that can be done. Th is is life. So, what I do and would say to you is this. Th ink about your life and what you have achieved. To be, or have been, part of one of the best organizations in the country. Seriously, if you had a regular job just fi gure how boring it would be. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But, even if you didn’t “live the life”, you can say you knew the folks who did. And you were a part of it. To you “working stiff s” out there, the ones who are thinking of retiring but hesitate be-cause you want to build up your pension. Go, leave, retire, get out. Take it from me. Life is short. I’ve had many a close calls with auto ac-cidents, Vietnam and the old heart attack, fl at lined, so I appreciate every day. Out almost fi f-teen years. It’s like winning the lotto. Speaking of lotto, 50 years ago in April, my closest friend Jim Whalen, sat in on the birth of my daughter Lisa, while I was in Nam. Th e very next day he was sworn in as a Patrolman. Th anks Jimmy for your friendship, loyalty and talking me into taking the police test. And the best part is that I met my wife on this job. “Brownie points.” I keep her working but it’s all good.

And a big shout-out to my mother-in-law Mary T. who turned 100 in January. She has all her marbles, feisty as hell and keeps beating the s—t out of everyone in poker.

One more thought. I love sour cream and I always wondered, If you left it out of the fridge and it went bad, would it turn sweet?


Retired Members The Association wishes to extend best wishes to the following members for a happy and healthy retirement

Departed Members The Association notes the passing of the following retired members

Detective Christopher Bacalla, Central Detectives

Squad, 03/31/95 – 01/09/17

Detective Captain John Azzata,

Commanding Offi cer, Homicide Squad,

04/29/83 – 02/16/17

Detective Suzanne Hayes Germany,

Central Detectives Squad,

04/29/90 – 04/16/17

Detective Sally Grathwohl, Second Squad,

04/29/94 – 01/02/17

DetectiveJohn McLaughlin,

Special Investigation Squad,

03/23/87 – 02/16/17

DetectiveCrystal Jones,


03/31/95 – 01/16/17

DetectiveRobert Nardo,

Homicide Squad, 01/23/87 – 01/26/17

DetectivePaul Read ,First Squad,

08/27/93 – 01/19/17

DetectiveWilliam Palazzula,

Asset Forfeiture Unit, 07/24/87 – 01/05/17

Detective Jeff rey Schilling,


04/29/83 – 01/26/17

Detective Th omas Salvato,

Crime Scene Search Section,

01/23/87 – 01/24/17

Detective Milagros Serrano,

NarcoticsVice Bureau,

08/15/97 – 01/07/17

Detective Sergeant Richard Harasym,

Commanding Offi cer, Property Against Property Squad –

01/01/87 – 01/27/17

Detective John S. Albano, Crimes Against Property

Squad, on February 5, 2017. Detective Albano was appoint-ed on May 31, 1985 and retired

on January 29, 2014

Detective Frederick H. Genett, Narcotics/Vice Bureau, on

December 7, 2016. Detective Genett was appointed on

October 1, 1946 and retired on January 18, 1981

Detective Albert Martino, Homicide Squad, on December

10, 2016. Detective Martino was appointed on June 5, 1956 and retired on January 31, 1989

Detective John S. Sangiorgi, Fourth Squad, on January 6,

2017. Detective Sangiorgi was appointed on April 16, 1956

and retired on January 18, 1981

Detective Edward J. Sventorai-tis, Th ird Squad, on December 28, 2016. Detective Sventoraitis

was appointed on April 26, 1968 and retired on July 1, 2009

Detective Harry N. Walt-man Jr., Homicide Squad, on February 17, 2017. Detective Waltman was appointed on

April 16, 1958 and retired on April 18, 1991

Detective Kenneth Meyer, First Squad, on November 24, 2016. Detective Meyer was appointed

on April 15, 1965 and retired on February 27, 1981

Sergeant Robert F. Moore, Records Bureau, on January 19,

2017.Sergeant Moore was appoint-ed on October 30, 1964 and retired on January 1, 1991

Detective Pellegrino R. Renzu-lli, Seventh Squad, on Novem-

ber 27, 2016. Detective Renzulli was appointed on September

26, 1961 and retired on March 18, 1984

May they all rest in peace

1640 Hillside Ave. New Hyde Park, NY 11040

516-354-9037 or 888-211-8611

www.citylinefloristnhp.com


What’s Happening Ret. Det. NeÕ Brogan

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I checked back to the last issue that I pre-pared on November 17th and noted that the temperatures were in the mid-sixties and hop-ing for a good forthcoming winter. Well, here is February 27th and we’ve had records tem-peratures in the seventies last week reaching in some places on Long Island. January was a giv-en. Th e forecast is optimistic for the next two weeks. I’ll go with an early spring - I say that with fi ngers crossed. I hope that where ever you hung your hat that you were satisfi ed too.

I’m sure that you are aware of the recent promotions in the Department. What you might not know is that they all are DAI mem-bers: Deputy Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder, Chief of the Department Kevin Smith and Chief of Detectives Stephen Palmer. For-mer Chief of the Department Steve Skrynecki retired to become the Chief of Police of the Southampton Town Police. We all congratulate them and wish only the very best n their new assignments.

As a member of the Alliance of Public Re-tiree Organizations of NYS, I have received e-mails from its new president Bryant Kol-ner each month directed through AFD. Bry-ant also heads up the legislative committee of RPA. Th ey have been actively working on a new cola raise, health insurance protection, veteran’s supplementation bill and most im-portantly the total amounts deferred (owed to the NYS Retirement System) by the state, counties, towns and villages amortized under Law 2013 and the deferred amount Law 2010 for our pensions amounting to $4 billion dol-lars. Deadlines have been fi xed for repayment with interest. Bryant feels it important for you to contact your state representatives about how you feel leaving him to work in Albany to make sure the debt is paid on time. I will keep you posted.

Congratulations to Jim Carver on his recent retirement as president of the NCPBA for so many years. He worked very hard to better conditions for the membership through ben-efi ts and pay raises. I personally applaud your accomplishments Jim – only the best to you.

He was replaced by Jim McDermott. In February he sent an e-mail to all in memory of James F. McMahon, a former president of the NCPBA who passed at one hundred. Find that e-mail or ask the PBA for a copy of the obituary – an excellent read. Briefl y, it depicts the life of retired Major McMahon who fought in WWII as a bombardier/nav-igator on a B-24 amassing a wealth of med-als and decorations for his 35 missions over enemy territory. He was discharged and re-

turned to Long Island to become a Patrolman in the Th ird Precinct. Aft er fi ve years he was elected president of the NCPBA. He was called back to service in the USAF where he fi nished 32 years of service in 1966. He died on January 29, 2017. Rest in peace.

Bits and Pieces: Blair Beaudet announced the annual ARPO fi shing trip is scheduled for June 21st. Ed Gerrity in repair at an East Meadow rehab. Larry Neushotz taking up residence once again at the Atria in South Se-tauket. I spent a day at Ray and Santa Rizzo’s summer haven in Riverhead on January 26th – nice set-up. I had occasion to speak to Charlie Rusch in Palm City, FL concerning a problem he had encountered. I had two meetings within a week with a classmate, Bobby Walford (Ho-micide). Th e AFD meeting in December was well attended with the addition of the following members to the normal attendees to include: Joe Baker, Lee Behrens, Diane Berni, Rich Dorsi, Bobby Edwards, Vince Galanti, Bobby Hughes, Bob Donohue, Patty Dowling, Jack Kelly, Bill Kinsley, John Leonick, Billy Mack, Bill Meehan, Mike O’Leary, Kenny O’Leary, Ed Proctor, John Ryan, Danny Severin, Frank Sparrow, Tom Sullivan, Jim Tilton, Liz Tilton, Lenny Tuscano, Bobby Walford, Mike Yow-han and either Mike or Danny Walsh (forgot to write the fi rst name) you’ll get credit and thanks for everyone who showed up. Come more oft en.

Mark Your Calendar: Based on what’s out there now:

March 17th - St. Patrick’s DayApril 11th - PassoverApril 16th - Easter SundayMay 11th - DAI Golf TournamentMay 25th - Rain date May 28th - Memorial DayJune 19th - AFD Golf Tournament (30th

Anniversary)June 21st - ARPO Fishing TripJune 22nd - DAI PicnicAdditional Notes: Keep Detective Sergeant

Joe Rodriguez, Community Relations, in your

thoughts and prayers – he died November 28, 2016, RIP. I depend on your input to let me know whose name should be added to “Sick Call” – call me at 631 427 2432. If you know someone is “under the weather”, give them a call. It’s the right thing to do. And last, keep our veterans and active duty personnel in your thoughts and prayers. God Bless Th em All!

In closing, may I wish all the Irish a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and to those who wish they were Irish! “Erin Go Bragh”! (02/27/17)

Reminder: 516573 5740 (Police Academy) – every retired member should make his or her spouse aware of what to do if you die.

Designate a spouse, a relative, trustee or the individual caring for your personal business to call the Academy. Th e personnel assigned there are trained to assist them in your time of need. In the event a weekend is involved, call 516 573 8610 (Communications Bureau). Th ey in turn will notify the Police Academy Supervi-sor on call. Calling the D.A.I. or another retiree is not the way to go. If you need any further clarifi cation aft er speaking to the Academy, call me at 631 427 2432, PBA 516 294 6230, DAI 516 681 8442 and the SOA 516 681 8624.

Lastly: (Important) – Call the Comptroller’s Offi ce of Nassau County within 90 days aft er the death at 516 571 2369. Th ey will send you forms and instructions on how to fi le. Not fi l-ing on time can result in the loss of the health plan you are presently carried under. Post this information where it can easily be seen by you or a designated person.


DAI Counsel Richard Mulvany

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THE TRUMP PRESIDENCYA POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS

Most Americans reach adulthood, and cer-tain milestones are met with much fanfare and excitement. Obtaining your college degree, your fi rst real job, marriage, children and all the special waypoints in between impact you as an individual and provide for lasting mem-ories that you look back on as pivitol times in your social, economic and professional growth.

Historically, presidential elections impacted our lives on a day-to-day basis in ways that ap-peared to be slower with ebbs and fl ows involv-ing cultural and economic changes. More re-cently, cyclic changes have drastically changed in frequency and intensity. I, for one, would never have guessed that one president could pivot this country in such a way that we went from a country that aptly followed its manifest destiny of American exceptionalism in carry-ing out foreign and domestic policy to one of subrogation, passivity and guilt for the suc-cesses involving American individualism. My failure to take into account that most political leaders inherently have narcissistic personali-ties - that are generally eschewed with personal insecurities to propagate political platforms that appease just about half of this country’s constituency - has resulted in an over-align-ment of nationalistic political views that has caused the situation that we’re in now.

How did we as a nation get here? And what can we expect from the president as it applies to our law enforcement community, more spe-cifi cally, our Troopers? Th e purpose of this ar-ticle is not to cast a hysterical eye on our future, but to apply an empirical analysis coupled with subjective opinion based on facts and circum-stances leading to this point.

THEY LOST, WE WON. I THINK?!Democrats lost the election. Most pundits

believe the loss was due to the white, working class going to Trump. While numbers don’t lie in terms of popular vote as well as electoral votes, the devil lies in the details as to why this election turned out the way it did. Fundamen-tally, messaging was everything this election cycle. Democrats relied on personal attacks on Trump; “misogynist,” “racist,” “homophobe,” “unstable” were all Democratic talking points used to denigrate Trump. But as they say, don’t ever let the truth get in the way of a good polit-ical throwdown. But with all of the nasty vec-tives being thrown across each other’s bows, “IT WAS THE ECONOMY, STUPID!”

While exclaiming “unity for all,” Hillary

Clinton espoused destruction and deni-al of employment for the entire coal indus-try. “We’re gonna put the coal industry out of work,” she said. Th ose words permeated through an entire region of workers whose sole source of existence relied on the coal industry. Th ose same workers were union employees. Generations of union employees steadfastly stood arm and arm with the Democratic Par-ty ideal that unionism was the bedrock of fair pay, of employment protection and of political power. Th e abandonment of this entire voting bloc that historically went their way was pal-pable and yet, the Democrats’ reliance on poor polling data coupled with hubris by expecting the same voting results of the past fi ve election cycles in the “Rust Belt” section of the country eff ectively doomed Hillary’s campaign. Th e re-ality on the ground was that economic condi-tions never rebounded aft er the big recession, unlike the states on the coasts.

WHO CARES ABOUT UNIONS!Th e Rust Belt has been defi ned historically as

those states bordering the Great Lakes region of the United States: Illinois, Indiana, Mich-igan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, with Missouri as the book end.

Over the past fi ve election cycles, all “Rust Belt” states went to Democratic presidential candidates primarily carried by union house-holds of around 11.3 percent of total actual vot-ers. Some states were higher or lower but the average is used for terms of this analysis. Over the past eight years, fi ve Rust Belt states turned from union shop to right-to-work, thus dimin-ishing total union-voting bloc households to 8.2 percent of total actual voters. As an aside, unemployment rates of the Rust Belt states show all states under the national average of 4.8 percent, except Missouri at 5.1 percent, Illi-nois at 6.2 percent and New York at 5.2 percent. Wage growth - just .3 percent over the past 12 years - has remained stagnant for 13 years and has barely kept up with infl ation. Th e diff er-ence this election cycle was the mobilization of rural voters across Rust Belt states by more than 30 percent for Trump, while total urban votes reduced by 3.6 percent.

WAS IT IN THE MESSAGE?Consider Trump’s basic message that he

would stomp out bad trade deals and bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. In essence, Trump became the blue-collar Democrat. In fact, this election cycle showed complete devastation to Democrats on a na-tional scale through defeats in key Democrati-cally-held state elections historically held fi rm

by white, working class voters. Th e Democrats lost seats they were targeting in Ohio, Wiscon-sin and Michigan. Th ey did poorly in predomi-nantly white states such as Minnesota and Iowa where state Senates switched from Democratic to Republican control. Th ey lost the governor-ship races in Indiana, in which polls predict-ed Vice President Mike Pence’s state would go Democrat, and Missouri, whose Republican candidate guaranteed the western-most Rust Belt unionized state would go right-to-work, which would make it the nation’s 28th right-to-work state.

If they’re going to win anything back in the Rust Belt, Democrats better start chang-ing their message because it is not resonating. Th ese states simply want to return things back to the way things used to be. Many observed that Democrats remained obsessed with social and cultural issues. Joan Williams, a professor at the University of California, wrote an arti-cle in the Harvard Business Review just aft er the election. She wrote, “I fully understand why transgender bathrooms are important; but I also understand why progressives’ obses-sion with prioritizing cultural issues infuriates many Americans whose chief concerns are economic.” Wow, the most succinct explana-tion of the failure of an entire election cycle.

So, what should Democrats say now? Like the interests of white, working class Americans in the Rust Belt, those Americans who voted for Trump believe that the economic crisis, coupled with the “illegal immigration crisis” turned them to Trump. Whether real or per-ceived, they simply turned a deaf ear on Dem-ocrats’ pronouncements that “all workers will be lift ed with the advent of more infrastructure projects, science and technology education and tax credits to companies that off er internships.” It simply doesn’t ring true to an out-of-work la-bor force whose families have worked the same jobs for generations.

Is it enough to continue the conversation that “retraining” is the way to bring back man-ufacturing jobs? Anecdotally, it does work, but retraining must be a component to a larger cultural shift . Germany, for instance, has pub-lic-private partnerships with institutes that translate research into potential commercial products coupled with detailed educational pathways to help train students for jobs that will be in demand. One-fi ft h of the entire Ger-man workforce is in manufacturing, double the U.S. share.

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or “infrastructure investment” or even “work-place development” don’t exactly excite people to fl ock to the voting booth. In reality, many people simply don’t show up for retraining even if it’s for free. Whether it’s the intimida-tion of going back to school or fear that there won’t be meaningful jobs once retraining is over, it appears that retraining is a wimpish an-swer, since there are only so many people who can do air conditioning repair.

THE ELECTION CAST UNION VALUES ASIDE

During this election cycle, there was little talk about the value of unions in the United States. We’ve collectively become the bad word and been demonized from both the right as well as the left . Just read some of Hillary Clin-ton’s emails to see the low level of respect both she and her staff had for unions. She had no problem taking union money, but god forbid if she had to stand in a room with union leaders.

But was doubling down on the importance of unions as it applies to wage growth and bet-ter job conditions a fi x to the woes of the Rust Belt voter? Apparently not, since they wouldn’t listen anyway. Unions lost their members to Trump. Exit polls showed 32 percent of union teachers and up to 42 percent of all other union members voted for Trump. Th e loss of union members’ confi dence in Clinton can be the single reason she lost. Consider the following narrow vote totals that went to Trump and you can see how union members put Trump over the top:

State Electoral Votes Winner by Votes

Wisconsin 10 electoral votes Trump +27,000

Michigan 20 electoral votes Trump +10,000

Pennsylvania 20 electoral votes Trump +70,000

Total: 270 electoral votes to win.

TRUMP 306 electoral votesCLINTON 232 electoral votes

WHAT’S NEXT?Prior to his election, President Trump an-

nounced a list of 21 potential nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court. All nominees are conser-vative jurists. Most, if not all, are anti-abortion and support the Second Amendment right to bear arms. But what kind of jurist he selects will determine whether his fi rst nominee will be quickly confi rmed or languish in the fi libus-ter abyss.

What’s more important for purposes of this article is how the jurist will rule on cases in-volving union shop issues and the collective

bargaining rights of public employees. Some notables on Trump’s list clearly display an-ti-union slants. Judge William Pryor, out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as Judge Diane Sykes of the 7th Circuit Court of Ap-peals are on Trump’s short list and have ruled against decisions involving union activity at the National Labor Relations Board. Most recently, Judge Neil Gorsuch, out of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, has become the frontrunner due to his “sterling” resume and fairly young age (50). It appears that Judge Gorsuch car-ries the same chops as those of deceased Jus-tice Antonin Scalia, who he may replace. His resume boasts a clear conservative slant that sides with religious freedom and takes a strict text-focused view of the Constitution. His la-bor-related decisions don’t off er clear direction on his position of agency shop or mandatory dues checkoff , but given his close adherence to the Scalia line of thinking we may be facing an-other decision that eviscerates the union shop provisions under constitutional grounds.

For those of you who haven’t read my pre-vious articles, I suggest you look at some back issues to understand how your power to col-lectively bargain will go bye-bye if the Supreme Court rules against mandatory dues checkoff . Th is saga is still unfolding so we just don’t know how a new Supreme Court will decide.

As for President Trump’s stance on union-ized public employees, the only clear state-ment we have as to his thinking was from a

radio interview in South Carolina during his campaign. Trump commented that “he liked union workers but hated union bosses.” While that statement gives no clear direction of his thought process on the subject, it is interest-ing to see that in his fi rst week of taking offi ce Trump invited the trade union bosses to the White House while failing to follow through with an invitation to public employee unions, more specifi cally, law enforcement and other public safety unions.

Is President Trump setting the table to kill the only real power of public safety unions, which are dues and the coexistent political power they yield? We shall see. But it certainly doesn’t look good. His current nominee for the United States Department of Labor Secretary, Andy Puzder, is as anti-labor as they come. Just read his public comments on what he thinks of his employees as well as the litany of lawsuits involving his companies, Carls Jr. and Hardees, regarding overtime pay and wages and hours. You will get a shock thinking this guy can run the Department of Labor.

Other issues that arise will be discussed in a subsequent article, but suffi ce it to say we had a real stink test of an election and now we shall see how this president treats his front-line pub-lic safety offi cers. While most law enforcers are grateful to see the last debacle of a president leave, we may be faced with another “don’t wish for something so hard, because you might get it” regime.


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