President's Message - May 2012
I would like to start this message by personally congratulating our Vice President Neil Delargy on his recent promotion to Assistant Chief with the Nassau County Police Department. Congratulations Neil! I am glad to report that for the 28th year The Nassau County Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged will be held on May 31 thru June 2nd at the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Nassau Community College. Please consider helping the children. Look for the Security/Crowd Control Volunteer form on page 14. Joe Wolff has put together an interesting program for our next meeting. Our guest speaker is scheduled to be Mr. Ira Furman. He will be speaking on his distinguished service as an investigator and Deputy Director of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Ira will share with us many highlights from his years of responding from Washington, as the spokesman for the agency's "GO-TEAM" of investigators at the site of numerous rail and aviation disasters across the country. ...
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Police Officer of the Month - May 2012
During the late afternoon on Sept 17, 2011, 14 year old Danny Lembo was kicking a soccer ball in his backyard when heard what he thought were screams from his neighbor’s house. He advised his parents and they responded to the home to investigate. Unbeknownst to them, Jimmy Delargy, a 26 year old off duty NYPD Police Officer had experienced severe pain and pressure in his skull which had caused him to fall to the floor in his kitchen and cry out for help. The Lembo's observed what appeared to be someone lying on the floor and reacted swiftly notifying 911 while attempting to gain entry with a spare key they had for the house ...
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Chaplain's Corner - May 2012
I remember an article in the January 18th issue (2000) of the New York Times. It asked: "Was Goliath, After All, Just a Pushover?" ... and answered: "An Israeli neurologist came up with a medical explanation of how David could slay Goliath in the Biblical account. The neurologist, Vladimir Berginer, surmised that Goliath suffered from a hormonal disease that put him at a disadvantage against David and his slingshot. Goliath, who the Bible indicates was about 10 feet tall, suffered from a pituitary gland disease called acromegaly, the doctor concluded. "This is the only disease where sufferers can grow to such a height," and he said, AIt was a miracle that such a small and young shepherd could defeat Goliath in battle.
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