3rd Police Precinct Meeting opened at 7:00pm on Tuesday, January 7, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next meeting is Tuesday, February 4, 7:00pm at the Brentwood Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meeting was well attended (approximately 75 people)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Precinct Level Advisory Board (PLAB) meeting was conducted prior to the regular meeting. The meeting was led by Captain Teplansky. The group meets every quarter and the public is invited to attend and listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inspector Maronski led the meeting with input as necessary from his Staff and other Officers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They requested that we keep Police Officer Brendon Gallagher in our prayers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-He reviewed the November events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee with a Cop at El Paisita Bakery<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pine Park Elementary School w\/K9<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanksgiving Food giveaways<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanksgiving meal at River of Life Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-He reviewed the December events since we did not have a meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Shop with a Cop events<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 \u201cToys for Tots\u201d events<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parranda with Puerto Rican Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toy Giveaways at Brentwood and Central Islip Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three Kings with Puerto Rican Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Comparison of 3rd Precinct Crime Stats \u201924 and \u201923 shows an overall decrease in crime<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-A dispute at Copas Bar in Bay Shore resulted in the bar being closed by the Town of Islip (TOI) and a hearing scheduled with NYS Liquor Authority<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-A homeless man entered a home in West Islip and was arrested. There appears to be an issue and TOI, Good Samaritan Hospital and the residents are meeting to discuss this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-2024 showed an increase of 64.3% in Traffic Summonses issued by 3rd Precinct Personnel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-There is a continuing problem with homelessness in TOI and Department of Social Services (DSS) now uses DASH (631-952-3333) and Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (631-464-4314 ext. 118) for outreach<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-There will be an interfaith gathering on Sunday, January 12 from 3-5pm at the First Baptist church in Bay Shore to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-There is still a need for School Crossing Guards. This is a continuing issue which keeps Patrol<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers tied up with this duty during the day in lieu of normal Police Patrol duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The Contact Numbers and Media Sites were projected as usual<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questions and answers were next, and several topics were brought up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mini bikes on the neighborhood streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Need for COPE to visit homes with autistic children to help them allay fears of the uniforms<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breakout discussion with individuals with issues they wanted to report and a group discussion with a contingent from West Islip on their homeless problem (Inspector Maronski reiterated that we cannot police our way out of the homeless, drugs and mental health issues we face. There are other agencies who must get involved).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to JoAnn Kukenis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3rd Police Precinct Meeting opened at 7:00pm on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Next meeting is Tuesday, February 4, 7:00pm at the Brentwood Library Meeting was well attended (approximately 75 people) A Precinct Level Advisory Board (PLAB) meeting was conducted prior to the regular meeting. The meeting was led by Captain Teplansky. The group meets every quarter and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-precincts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6279,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6276\/revisions\/6279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}