Deputy Inspector David Lawler on his last day in the SCPD 4th Precinct, having served 30 years!
Event held at American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale.
Officer Michael LaFauci, 6th Precinct, was wounded in the line of duty in Coram last month. A ceremony honoring him was held at the 4th Precinct.
In attendance representing SCCPAAA was Lou Giudice.
680 crimes were reported in the Precinct for May, 2023.
Last year during the same period there were 565 crimes reported.
Therefore, compared to last year, crime increased by 20.4% for the month of May.
May 2023 crimes included:
- 0 Homicide
- 10 Aggravated Assaults
- 11 Burglaries (2 Residential, 9 Commercial)
- 5 Robberies
- 12 Grand Larcenies Auto
- 1 Trigger Pull (1 6th Precinct Officer Shot) during May 2023 (out of 5 recorded gun crimes).
- compared to May 2022, when we had 3 Trigger Pulls (2 Victims Shot) out of 4 recorded gun crimes.
There were 242 arrests on 281 charges in May including:
- 4 Assaults
- 2 Burglary
- 37 Drugs
- 2 Robberies
- 11 DWis (18 Charges)
There were 24 drug overdoses in the 6th Precinct in May, 6 of which were fatal.
There were 544 motor vehicle crashes
(down 2.6% from May 2022 which had 569 crashes)
- 1 Fatal
- 106 With Injuries
- 18 Leaving The Scene
- 8 DWI Related
Officers wrote 2718 tickets.
SITE TEAM wrote 105 tickets.
After waning off, Catalytic Converter thefts are now increasing again.
Detectives are looking at a potential new burglary crime pattern emerging.
The next 6th Precinct Community Meeting will be held Tuesday July 11th at 7PM at the precinct.
