Nassau County Police Department

Nassau County is taking steps to protect students when they return to school next week after an increase in violence and armed security last spring.

Two Nassau County detectives are under investigation by the state Attorney General’s Police Misconduct Office after a federal judge found they unconstitutionally strip searched a Cambria Heights man in public and then lied about it on the witness stand.

Over six years when Nassau County reported zero “founded” civilian complaints for false arrest and excessive force, 30 people won court judgments against its police department for allegations of false arrest and excessive force.

A lawyer for the county said Commissioner Patrick Ryder denies the accusation, which was made by a now-retired police officer.

Advocates want New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reject Nassau County’s submission for state-mandated police reform after the Attorney General’s office…

The Nassau County Police Department held a ceremony on Monday to remember the police officers killed in attacks in Baton Rouge and Dallas. The names of…