Public Interest

NLEOMF: Officers Killed by Gunfire Up 24% in 2009
Posted: Dec. 14, 2009
The number of officers killed in the line of duty by gunfire increased 24 percent from 2008, according to preliminary statistics compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Knife-wielding man robs Wantagh ice cream shop
Posted: Dec. 14, 2009
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the crime to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential, police said.

Cops: Customers show up, so would-be robber flees
Posted: Dec. 14, 2009
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the crime call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.

Suspect in church donation box theft sought
Posted: Dec. 14, 2009
Donation box in Massapequa church broken into. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.

Thousands Honor Slain Washington Officers
Posted: Dec. 10, 2009
Thousands of officers from across North America came to Washington state to honor four Lakewood Police officers who were gunned down in a coffee shop.

Pair sought in Uniondale street robbery
Posted: Dec. 7, 2009
Police are asking anyone with information contact Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential, police said.

Lakeview deli cashier robbed at gunpoint
Posted: Dec. 7, 2009
Police are asking anyone with information call them at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.

Cops probe Hicksville beating that sent 4 to hospital
Posted: Dec. 7, 2009
Police are asking that anyone with information about the assault call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. Callers may remain anonymous.

Police: Two Nassau cops injured in DWI crash
Posted: Dec. 5, 2009
Two police officers were injured early Saturday when a drunken driver's car slammed into their police cruisers on the LIE, police said.

Police hunt pair who tried to put card-skimmer in ATM
Posted: Dec. 2, 2009
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential, police said.

Motorcyclist killed in Franklin Square hit and run
Posted: Nov. 30, 2009
Police looking for the driver of the other vehicle but released no details. Police asked anyone with knowledge of the crash to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.

Cops seek suspects in East Garden City restaurant robbery
Posted: Nov. 30, 2009
Garden City eatery robbed by gun toting men. Anyone with information contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.

Cops beef up communications for Black Friday
Posted: Nov. 25, 2009
Holiday shoppers can expect to see more police this year at the malls and shopping centers for Black Friday.

Nassau police target drunken drivers
Posted: Nov. 23, 2009
Don't even think about drinking and driving this holiday season. That's the message from Nassau County police. The department said additional DWI patrols will "aggressively seek out" impaired drivers Wednesday and Friday.

Residents want more information on Nassau police 1st precinct
Posted: Nov. 17, 2009
Legislator Joe Scannell sets the record straight and says the $9 million proposed plan is about half of what it would have cost to put the precinct elsewhere. "We save money for the taxpayer and help revive Baldwin's downtown area," he said.