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County exec blackmails cops

 I write in response to County Exec Steve Levy's letter to my criticism of Levy's mismanagement of the SCPD. Levy does not believe he was in violation of the Suffolk County Charter by taking SCPD patrols off patrol duties on the LIE and Sunrise Highway and turning the patrol function over to the county sheriff. In 1957 the voters of Suffolk County five Western Towns voted to form the SCPD and turn over all police patrol functions to the voter approved County PD. The Suffolk County Charter Law states in Section 13.5 "elected to transfer its police functions to the county and to become part of the County Police District. The election of any Town or Village shall be irrevocable." Levy violated that part of the County Charter by turning over part of the County Police patrol function over to the Sheriff's Department. That is very clear. Levy says the police union intimidated weak officials in getting favorable contract settlements. Wrong, for the better part of the past 30 years, police contracts were resolved by arbitration as per NY State Law. It was Levy who threatened layoffs of police, took patrol duties away from the police instead of hiring more police, had police personnel transferred to other precincts far from their residence as a form of punishment, and would not negotiate in good faith with the police union. Levy took 55 sheriffs off their assignments to replace county police on the LIE and Route 27. Who then did those sheriffs' duties? No one? So I guess Levy might as well save millions of taxpayer dollars by laying off 55 members of the sheriff's department which has been able to function without those 55 sheriffs, now that SCPD will be returned to patrolling the LIE and Route 27 next year. That change was a result of the Levy intimidation of the police to get concessions he wanted in a police contract, kind of like blackmail.

Robert O'Kane

Retired, SCPD Sgt.

Shoreham

December 17, 2009

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