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Police mental health training bill passes
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office to appoint committee members, consulting as well with social workers, mental The Nassau County Legisla- h e a l t h p ro f e s s i o n a l s, l aw ture approved a bill last week enforcement and public health that is intended to experts. The compromote alternative mittee will convene approaches to menwithin the next 30 tal health-related days. interventions by Lafazan said he Nassau County studied the issue of police officers. The law enforcement measure, written by and mental health L e g i s l a t o r Jo s h at the Harvard Lafazan, an indeGraduate School of pendent from WoodEducation. He bury, and cosponfo c u s e d o n t h e sored by Legislator H o u s t o n Po l i c e Siela Bynoe, a DemDepartment’s menocrat from Westtal health unit, he bury, received unansaid, which trains imous support from officers to respond both sides of the to mental healthaisle. related calls. The bill calls for Those calls to the creation of a CHRIS ORTIZ the police have committee called increased 227 perthe Nassau County Deputy chief, cent since the late Police Department Glen Cove Police 1990s, Lafazan said, Mental Health Unit, Department and now account to be co-chaired by for roughly 20 perPolice Commissioncent of all calls. er Patrick Ryder and Carolyn Meanwhile, he added, Nassau McCummings, commissioner of County police cadets undergo the county Department of approximately 840 hours of Human Services. The NCPD will training, only 10 of which are work in conjunction with County Executive Laura Curran’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
By MIKE CONN
mconn@liherald.com
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Courtesy Robert Vaughn Fitzpatrick
Hoping to catch a big one The jetty at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park remains the place to be for fishing in Oyster Bay. Several people tried their hand under beautiful skies early this month.
Locust Valley’s school reopening plans change only slightly By MIKE CONN mconn@liherald.com
Should Covid-19 infection rates remain low, Phase One of the Locust Valley Central School District reopening plan would likely begin on Sept. 9. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade and life skills students would retur n for in-person instruction. Seventh- through
12th-grade students would begin the school year in a hybrid model, alternating between inperson and remote instruction. In Phase Two, kindergarten through eighth grade and life skill students would receive inperson instruction, while ninththrough 12th-graders would continue the hybrid model. In Phase Three, predicted to begin by Oct. 13, all students
would retur n for in-person instruction. However, Superintendent Dr. Ken Graham said at a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday that there is an entirely remote option as well, something that parents said was important in their comments after the board’s July 30 meeting. Students of any age who work remotely would CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
think that any legislation that will expand services for the people suffering mental illness would be greatly appreciated, and is important for the entire county.