Move Will Provide Comprehensive Coverage for Central Islip and Hauppauge
(Central Islip, NY) Today, County Executive Bellone was joined by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) and a host of community leaders at the Central Islip Library to announce the long requested move to have the entire hamlet of Central Islip patrolled by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Third Precinct.
(County Executive Bellone and Central Islip Community Leaders and School board members)
“Today, the community’s voice has been heard loud and clear,” said County Executive Bellone. “During a meeting with Central Islip Community leaders two months ago it was brought to my attention that the community had concerns and had been requesting for some time for the entire hamlet of Central Islip to be patrolled by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Third Precinct. I am happy to announce that SCPD has reconstructed the boundaries for the Third Precinct and all of Central Islip will now fall under the command of the Third Precinct. It only made sense to me that what the community was asking for was very reasonable and underscored SCPD’s intelligence led and community led policing initiatives.
(County Executive Bellone, Central Islip Community Leaders and Central Islip School Board Members)
“Our repeated requests over the years for the hamlet of Central Islip to be patrolled by the Third Precinct had fallen on deaf ears,” said Amparo Sadler. “We met with the County Executive Bellone to express our concerns and he listened. I thank County Executive Bellone for his willingness to work with the Central Islip Community.”
“This is the first time that I have had faith in a County Executive, said Joseph Leoncavallo, Trustee, Central Islip Library. “He said he would look into this issue and see what he could do and he came back with a solution and got it done.”
The change in patrols for the Third Precinct will take effect within the next month.
