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Scarsdale Police To Increase Security At High School After Instagram Post
There will be an increased police presence at the Scarsdale High School this week after officials were notified of “a disturbing online posting” in a group chat involving several former students. Scarsdale Police Capt. Thomas Altizio issued an alert late on Monday afternoon regarding the posting on a “GroupMe” group chat, where one member posted a message that stated “don’t go to school today boys,” with an emoji of a handgun, prompting police intervention. Police said that the former student had posted the message because he was concerned about an earlier Instagram post by another former S…
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$15M Proposal To Move Rockland Police Academy, County Medical Examiner
Rockland County Executive Ed Day has proposed an ambitious $15 million plan to move the Rockland County Sheriff’s Police Academy to the Pomona Health Conplex. Day's spokesman, John Lyon, confirmed plans that he said will be detailed during the county executive's annual state-of-the-county speech on Feb. 6. Police training currently is held in the basement of the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona. Day hopes to repurpose one of the buildings at the Pomona Health Complex to serve as the new academy, according to Lyon. A similar plan is proposed for the Rockland County Medical Ex…
New City, NY
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Opioid Event At Good Samaritan Hospital Offers Training To Avert Overdoses
Rockland County Executive Ed Day participated in an event on opioid addiction Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. “Events like this are critically important to raise awareness and share strategies to combat this opioid epidemic. You have people who have been victims, people related to victims, medical professionals and people on the front lines of this crisis working together to have an impact on this scourge,” Day said. There were speakers who gave background information on the opioid epidemic, both nationally and throughout the Hudson Valley, according to John Lyon, a county …
