You can now text 911 during an emergency in Suffolk County.
The service, which has been in testing for several months, is now officially functioning. READ
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Late last month in Oklahoma, K-9 Smokey of the Nowata Police Department was killed when an intoxicated woman opened the back door of a police vehicle, allowing the dog to run into the roadway where he was struck by a truck. And in Texas earlier this month, K-9s Grunt and Neil, who were trained to track critically missing persons with dementia for the Refugio County Sheriff’s Office, were strangled to death by a suspect they were tracking. READ
A Riverhead man driving a construction crane struck several vehicles along the Long Island Expressway before leaving the scene of the crash Tuesday evening, Suffolk police said. He was later charged with drunken driving. (more…)
A Calverton man is facing felony charges after he left the scene of a crash in Ronkonkoma early Sunday morning, Suffolk Police said. READ
The driver in a February crash that caused the death of four members of a Riverhead family has been arraigned on a 42-count indictment that includes a top charge of depraved indifference murder. READ
A tense and unusual scene unfolded at Indian Island County Park Tuesday as police from several departments worked to convince a teenage girl to come out of a trailer she had barricaded herself into. (more…)
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced Thursday he has chosen Geraldine Hart, a senior supervisory resident agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Long Island office, as the next county police commissioner.
Ms. Hart, who has been with the FBI for 21 years, will be the first woman at the helm of the Suffolk County Police Department. READ
A Shoreham-Wading River High School freshman was found dead Wednesday morning in Shoreham after a frantic search by community members and police following his disappearance a day earlier. READ