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HQ 2
First off unfortunately we said goodbye to 7 of
Central Detective Squads finest on May 8th at
The Westbury Manor. At the well-attended party
we honored D/Lt Lou Monteleone, Det. Sharon
Gordon, Det. Beth Mckenzie, Det. Larry Blackwell,
Det. Ray Olsen, Det. Ronnie Annaruma and
lastly Det. Richie Grogan. I wish them all the best
in their new endeavors and hopefully they enjoy
every bit of their retirement. With that said we
are slowly depleting within our rank of detective.
More people are leaving and less seems to be
coming. Yet we still all get the job done and most
likely that’s why no one is any sort of rush to help
out our union and put forward a real incentive
to become a Nassau County Detective. You can
attribute that to all of our hard work and professionalism
but it seems that is being taken advantage
of. As our board grinds thru the slow and
painful collective bargaining talks there would
be no reason why the County Executive could
not sign off on a real incentive to get members
to come to the DD, like adjusting the assignment
pay to make it beneficial and lowering the ridiculous
amount of years 15 which it takes to reach
that incentive. 15 years is not an incentive it’s a
half of a career for some ¾ of a career for others.
There are countless ways to entice members to
come to the DD and not have to wait until the
end of collective bargaining or arbitration if that
fails. The rank is getting close to that 300 mark
and it’s not good for us, the public or the county.
Hopefully sooner than later our County Executive
realizes this and fixes the problem once
and for all. On a positive note summer is almost
here June comes our picnic and hopefully plenty
of sunshine to follow. Remember to look the part
and act the part when out on cases and mostly…
Be safe and be with another Detective.
Freddy
HQ 3
Happy Spring to everyone! Hoping Spring/
Summer 2019 is a memorable and safe one for
all of our members. I would like to congratulate
the new members of GIS which we badly
needed. Congratulations to Tom Willdigg, Larry
Brue, and John Herman. We couldn’t have
asked for three better Detectives. GIS has been
short for some time now and Gang related cases
have increased as the number of our Detectives
has dwindled so the new detectives are a blessing.
Congratulations to Damien Suarez on his
assignment to Burglary Patter Squad. I want to
give special congratulations to our Intel Analyst
Erin Hansen on her recent Marriage and her
new family addition to come. Erin is INVALU-
ABLE to GIS and our ability to solve Gang cases,
thank you Erin for everything you do for us we
all appreciate it. Hopefully one day we can have
you fulltime. D/Sgt. John Schmitt’s’ wife Rebecca
recently had surgery and we wish her a speedy
recovery. In closing please wear your vests when
out in the field working your cases. We only need
to think of our fallen brother Officer Geoff Brietkopf
and my good friend Detective Brian Simonsen
to realize how critically important it is. God
bless and be safe!
Fraternally,
Bill Bourguignon
HQ 4
Greetings from the land of NVS. I hope everyone
had a good winter. So far spring has been a washout!
Hopefully we get some sunny spring days
before the summer heat kicks in!
I’d like to start by saying congratulations to Dave
H. and Tom P. on their retirements! I was Dave’s
FTO in the First Precinct, so his retirement felt
really weird to me. From day one, Dave was never
a complainer (that I know of lol) and always a
good guy! Tommy I didn’t know as well but was
always a pleasure to deal with. I wish you guys
nothing but the best! On the retirement topic,
Major Case Squad recently held a retirement party
for D.I. Kenny C., D/Lt. Pete D., D/Sgt. Johnny
M. and D/Sgt. Brian M. It was a great celebration
by all, and once again the retired NVS members
had a great showing!!! Thanks to those who set
the party up. I believe the squad fund is looking
in to doing something in the near future for the
retired NVS detectives who haven’t had their retirement
party yet.
Good luck to Nick O. who went to SVS on a TA.
It’s unknown at this time if it will be a permanent
transfer. Hopefully Nick’s enjoying the change.
A big welcome to Brandon H. and Jason H. who
recently joined us! It’s always great getting new
people because they are so eager and positive!
With the two new guys, NVS still only has 28
members. It’s amazing how we have such little
manpower amongst an “opioid epidemic.” I’m
sure if overdoses and fatal OD’s were statistics,
we’d have 3 times that amount of members!
Congratulations to the Long Island Heroin Task
Force on their Federal trial guilty verdict of a
high ranking Blood member who was convicted
of a Heroin sale and the possession of a handgun
during that sale. The minimum amount of years
he will receive at sentencing will be 15 years due
to priors.
Congratulations to Tommy M. and John G. for
receiving this year’s Lynbrook Elks Lodge Award.
This was the first in many years that NVS had
a good turnout. Their whole team joined in to
celebrate their achievement and support their
colleagues! There were almost two full tables including
the bosses who came to show their support.
Congratulations to Richie W. and Sam R. being
named Detectives of the Month for last October.
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Congratulations to the entire DAI board who will
serve another four years. No one ran against any
of them which is a testament that the majority of
the DAI members feel they are doing the right
thing.
Our annual beach party will be on September 6th
this year.
Lastly, I’d like to thank all the members who
participated in the Police Unity Tour again this
year!!! Riding a bicycle almost 300 miles from
NYC to Washington DC is an amazing thing to
honor our departed members!!! THANK YOU!
Stay Safe,
Jimmy M
HQ 5
Well it’s May already, where has the time gone??
Anyway, I would like to thank Bob Rizzi, John
Lopiccolo, Daniel Perez, Freddy Goldman and
Mike Cipullo for their help in making the CDS
retirement party a success. A lot of work went
into and was done by all, and I Thank You!! If I
missed anyone I apologize. In other news, CDS
welcomes Gina Mercogliano to Missing Persons
Section, and Det. Saleh to Main Office Desk.
Some changes are coming to the layout of Main
Office, such as us losing our break room,(not the
kitchen area) and we no longer have access to the
room behind Main Office. An area will be set up
behind the Main Desk with a table and refrigerator
which will be surrounded by partitions. The
DAI Picnic will be held on June 20 at Eisenhower
Park from 12-5, please make an effort to attend,
it’s a good time and it’s an opportunity to see
people you haven’t seen in a while. To the entire
board - KEEP UP THE FIGHT, That’s all I have
for now, REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR VESTS,
WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER!!!
Stay Safe,
Tony
HQ 7
On April 6th and 13th, Along with members of
the Nassau County Association of Women Police,
The Hispanic Society and The Guardians
Fraternal Organizations, I had the honor to be
a mentor to some young ladies, ages 9-13 at the
Cops & Curls event. This was the first year our
department hosted an event such as this. The first
gathering was a day of mentoring and the second
was a reception for the young ladies to get
to know members of our department better. The
goal of this program was to help strengthen relations
between the police and community and to
encourage the girls to be fearless and learn that
they can do anything they put their minds to.
I had the privilege of attending the annual Re-