Nassau correction officer, 36, dies in crash

[tensix]

A 36-year-old off-duty Nassau County correction officer was killed in a single-car accident Tuesday on the Southern State Parkway near the Rockville Centre-South Hempstead border, State Police said.
The identity of the officer has not been released pending notification of next of kin.
Police said the crash occurred at 12:01 a.m. on the westbound Southern State just east of Exit 19, Peninsula Boulevard. Police said the car, a Toyota Camry, veered off the parkway and into a wooded area, striking trees. Police said the car suffered "severe damage." The officer was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the road was closed until 2:50 a.m. for the accident investigation.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.

www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nassau-correction-officer-36-dies-in-crash-1.3385595

[mrwizard]

Unless you've dealt with NYC Corrections, you don't realize how good Nassau County Corrections is. They were always gentlemen any time I had to deal with them. R.I.P.

[rednblue76]

Dec 13, 2011 12:05:38 GMT -5 mrwizard said:

Unless you've dealt with NYC Corrections, you don't realize how good Nassau County Corrections is. They were always gentlemen any time I had to deal with them. R.I.P.

I have personal experience there. Before I got on my PD, I was a NYC Correction Officer and then a Nassau County Correction Officer, and the difference between those two jobs is like night and day! In NYC, I worked on Rikers and sometimes I felt I was working with perps who just happen to be on the outside of the bars. When I got to Nassau, it was another whole experience. The guys I worked with were great. If I hadn't gotten on the PD, I wouldn't have been that upset about staying there.

RIP to my brother officer. Very sad, all these tragedies right before Christmas!

[johnbelcher]

I've never actually met a Nassau Correction Officer, except maybe in District Court (If that's the guys who work there)...........That also means I've never had them bustin' up a bar or driving drunk, sideways down Carman Ave............That's a good thing.........

Sad to read the news about the Officer in question.............Rest in Peace Brother.....

John Belcher
Crystal River
Florida

[coots]

Rest In Peace officer...My Sympathy To His Family

[rabbit]

R.I.P. Brother

[redstone14]

R.I.P.

[ncpdretired]

Rest In Peace

[irishcop32]

Rest In Peace Brother.

GOD BLESS.

[ncpdretired]

Rest in Peace. and Prayers for your Family