{"id":6709,"date":"2026-09-22T11:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:22:46","slug":"3rd-police-precinct-meeting-minutes-from-june-2-2026-at-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/?p=6709","title":{"rendered":"3rd Police Precinct Meeting Minutes from June 2, 2026 at 7pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>3rd Police Precinct Meeting opened at 07:02 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at the Brentwood Public<br>Library, 34 2nd Avenue, Brentwood<br>Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 7PM CANCELLED<br>National Night Out: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 details to be posted on the 3rd Precinct website, social<br>media<br>Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 7PM at the Islip Public Library, 71 Monell Ave., Islip;<br>RESCHEDULED to Tuesday, September 8 at the Islip Public Library<br>Meeting was well attended.<br>COPE Officer John Wright opened the meeting and welcomed all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He stressed that items should be brought to their attention before the next meeting by calling the<br>COPE Office at 631-854-8308 or 631-854-7333. This allows the staff time to research the issue and<br>have more definitive answers to present. John introduced the Officers in attendance. He requested<br>that questions be held until the end so that the meeting could proceed. He introduced the Officers,<br>Auxiliary Police and Politicians that were present. Then he turned the meeting over to Inspector Mike<br>Kelly.<br>Inspector Mike Kelly reported the following:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The YTD crime comparison reviewed stats for the week with the prior year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 28 day comparison shows crime down from 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next slide compared stats for two communities. Overall crime is down except commercial robbery<br>which is up due to a change in the law in classification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The HWY SITE \/ High Crash Location Operation in the 3rd Precinct issued 122 total summonses in<br>the 3rd Precinct (103 were moving violations) in targeted locations as they have a high incidence of<br>violators reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 burglaries and aggravated assaults were reported and cleared by arrest in the last week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crime at the Brentwood Railroad Station was an area of concentration for drugs, and Endangering<br>The Welfare of children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An incident of loud music and assembly at Pilgrim State resulted in impoundment of a vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drones are being used more now for investigating and tracking \u201cillegal\u201d vehicle assembly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A woman was arrested for prostitution in Islip Terrace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Mary\u2019s Church in East Islip , a woman removed the head off of a statue of Jesus. She was seen<br>and identified. She was arrested and charged with Criminal Mischief 2nd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ticket scams were mentioned where people are contacted to pay, but this is not the state who is<br>calling or sending letters. Do not respond to people asking for payments except through official<br>channels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to the Iran conflict there is a heightened possibility of sleeper cells being activated and\/or<br>people being radicalized. There are now detectives assigned to the JTTF, increased patrols at<br>religious institutions, Muslim, Jewish and Christian, more Officers deployed with long guns at parades<br>and large gatherings. Anonymous reporting to crime stoppers is stressed during this time. 800- 220-<br>TIPS (8477).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upcoming Community Events include the Puerto Rican Hispanic Parade, Civil Rights Seminar,<br>Central Islip Public Library Grand Reopening, Senior Scam Prevention at the Central Islip Rec Center,<br>Alive by the Bay Festival in Bay Shore, and National Night Out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A shout out was given to the Auxiliary Police for their efforts in support of the 3rd Police Precinct in<br>many non-enforcement areas, and asking anyone with the time to consider volunteering with them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Precinct Level Advisory Board (PLAB) was mentioned, with several members present, as they<br>help shape the future for the Precinct. They are looking for input from the community and conduct<br>quarterly meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SCPD will not ask your immigration status during any call for service, including, but not limited to:<br>Victims of a crime, Car accidents, Domestic incidents, Aided cases, Landlord\/tenant disputes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The various phone numbers and social media sites were listed to contact the 3rd Police Precinct for<br>non-emergency issues (COPE &amp; Community Liaison Officer 631-854-8308 or 631-854-7333; email at<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>scpd.3rdprecinct@suffolkcountyny.gov; Suffolk County Crime Stoppers 1-800-220-TIPS; Suffolk Non-<br>Emergency 631-852-COPS). Follow on Instagram, scpd3rdprecinct It was stressed that if you need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>immediate assistance, that you must DIAL 911.<br>The meeting ended at 07:25pm for side bars and other small discussions with COPE and other Police<br>Officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Police Precinct Meeting opened at 07:02 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at the Brentwood PublicLibrary, 34 2nd Avenue, BrentwoodNext Meeting: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 7PM CANCELLEDNational Night Out: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 details to be posted on the 3rd Precinct website, socialmediaNext Meeting: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 7PM at the Islip [&#8230;]<\/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":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-precincts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709","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=6709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6710,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccpaaa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}