by Adrian Gibson
While I will speak further to policing in Long Island later, due to the fact that Long Islanders have written and called me about a number of matters that they would like to see addressed, I want to commend Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean for his leadership and ASP Anton Rahming and his team of Central Detective Unit officers for the professional investigative work they carried out in Long Island in the last few days.
This small team of officers, five or six, was able to swoop into Long Island, hit the ground running and engage in some real police work. What took officers stationed on Long Island two weeks to do – without any result – took officers from CDU between 24 to 48 hours of investigative work, before they tracked down and apprehended a suspect who was charged yesterday for a number of offences.
I applaud that team of officers that went to Long Island and who no doubt demonstrated how community policing is conducted and must be among the brightest stars on the police force. Kudos to them and, whilst I know that he would not wish to be praised publicly, ACP Dean deserves all the praise he gets and shows time and time again why and how he has earned the trust of wider public.
Reference: The Long Arm of the Law, Long Island Style
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First published in the The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View, here…
