Breaking News
Motorcyclist airlifted after collision at Manor Road, Calverton intersection
A motorcyclist was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital after a collision with a car on Manor Road and Twomey Avenue in Calverton last night.
News
Coffee with a cop: Riverhead Police to host morning meet-ups around town
Riverhead Town Police are inviting the community to coffee. The police department is hosting four informal sessions on Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at locations across town.
Community News
Learn more about keeping your family safe at PBMC’s Child Safety Day
Learn how to protect your children at PBMC's Child Safety Day. The hospital and local fire, police and sheriff departments will offer a host of free tips and procedures to help keep your little ones safe and sound.
Breaking News
Police investigating suspected arson at Route 58 auto dealership in Riverhead
An outdoor fire police believe may have been intentionally set did extensive damage to two vehicles outside a Route 58 auto dealership in Riverhead late last night.
Community News
Local block parties planned tonight in Aquebogue and Wading River for annual National Night Out
Neighborhoods all across the country will be lit up tonight for National Night Out, an anti-crime effort that has been raising crime awareness and strengthening police-community relations since 1984.
News
Distant violence has impacts on local cops
Escalating racial tensions across the nation and recent shootings of police officers in distant cities have local police on edge. “The guys feel like they’re a walking target out there,” Riverhead PBA president Dixon Palmer said
Upcoming
Riverhead Police Department asks all neighborhoods to join the 33rd annual National Night Out, August 2
The RIverhead Police Department is asking residents to join their neighbors in observing America's National Night Out and make a stand against crime on August 2.
News
Riverhead police honor dispatcher for saving girl from gunman who killed mom and sister last February
Riverhead Police honored one of the department's public safety dispatchers for her actions to keep a 14-year-old 911 caller safe from a gunman who shot and killed her mother and sister inside the family's Wading River home last February.
Community News
When ‘just doing our job’ means saving a baby’s life: Story hits home for woman saved by Riverhead’s finest 36 years...
The story of two Riverhead police officers saving a toddler with CPR Sunday night brought flashbacks — and tears —to a woman whose 1-month-old daughter's life was saved by two Riverhead cops 36 years ago.
Government
Riverhead police chief, already town’s highest paid employee, gets base salary boosted to $180,792
The chief's new $180,792 base salary — which is up $13,000 since 2013— only tells part of the story of his compensation package. Other payments, many of which are tied to his base pay rate, boosted his regular earnings to more than $215,000 last year — before a $112,000 sick and vacation time "buy back" brought his total compensation to more than $327,620 for 2014.


































