Post by onthejob on Jan 31, 2012 13:38:05 GMT -5
Nassau plan would hit cop jobs hardest
January 31, 2012 by ROBERT BRODSKY / robert.brodsky@newsday.com
Nearly all the job cuts that would stem from a plan to reorganize Nassau County's police precincts would come from elimination of sworn officer positions, officials said Tuesday.
The plan calls for 108 jobs to be cut, including 95 police officers now on desk duty, said Brian Nevin, spokesman for County Executive Edward Mangano. Another 13 civilian jobs also would be eliminated, Nevin said.
The police jobs are expected to be eliminated through retirement or attrition, but Mangano has not ruled out laying off police.
"Layoffs can be avoided by a concession package offered by the unions," Nevin said.
Mangano announced on Monday that Nassau would save $20 million annually by realigning the county's eight precincts. Four would become community policing centers, staffed by two officers each.
Mangano has set Wednesday as the deadline for the county's three law enforcement unions to find $75 million in labor savings.
The county is currently negotiating a retirement incentive plan with the unions, Nevin confirmed. County officials declined to detail the package.
The $20 million in savings from the precinct realignment would count toward the unions reaching the $75 million savings.
More than 100 members of the Civil Service Employees Association accepted a voluntary incentive plan in December.
The precinct realignment plan calls for current First Precinct in Baldwin, Fifth Precinct in Elmont, Sixth Precinct in Manhasset and the Eighth Precinct in Levittown to become community policing centers.
The centers would have two officers on duty at all times, but will not handle administrative paperwork and criminal processing. The plan also calls for 48 police officers at the precincts to be reassigned from desk jobs to neighborhood crime prevention.
How about we close HQ and keep the precincts? Always the street cops that suffer. Too many chiefs and not enough indians.
January 31, 2012 by ROBERT BRODSKY / robert.brodsky@newsday.com
Nearly all the job cuts that would stem from a plan to reorganize Nassau County's police precincts would come from elimination of sworn officer positions, officials said Tuesday.
The plan calls for 108 jobs to be cut, including 95 police officers now on desk duty, said Brian Nevin, spokesman for County Executive Edward Mangano. Another 13 civilian jobs also would be eliminated, Nevin said.
The police jobs are expected to be eliminated through retirement or attrition, but Mangano has not ruled out laying off police.
"Layoffs can be avoided by a concession package offered by the unions," Nevin said.
Mangano announced on Monday that Nassau would save $20 million annually by realigning the county's eight precincts. Four would become community policing centers, staffed by two officers each.
Mangano has set Wednesday as the deadline for the county's three law enforcement unions to find $75 million in labor savings.
The county is currently negotiating a retirement incentive plan with the unions, Nevin confirmed. County officials declined to detail the package.
The $20 million in savings from the precinct realignment would count toward the unions reaching the $75 million savings.
More than 100 members of the Civil Service Employees Association accepted a voluntary incentive plan in December.
The precinct realignment plan calls for current First Precinct in Baldwin, Fifth Precinct in Elmont, Sixth Precinct in Manhasset and the Eighth Precinct in Levittown to become community policing centers.
The centers would have two officers on duty at all times, but will not handle administrative paperwork and criminal processing. The plan also calls for 48 police officers at the precincts to be reassigned from desk jobs to neighborhood crime prevention.
How about we close HQ and keep the precincts? Always the street cops that suffer. Too many chiefs and not enough indians.
... what RETARD came up with this idea 
