Riverhead Town Police Department

Four new police officers were sworn in for active duty Tuesday, from left: Matthew Staker, Logan Frati, Joseph Trivelli and Katerina Hatzinikolaou. The town board appointed six additional recruits, five of whom are headed to the police academy. The sixth is in the military.

Riverhead police arrested a man with a handgun who was involved in a disturbance at a Riverhead laundromat yesterday afternoon.

Officers responding to a 911 call at 12:15 p.m. yesterday recovered a large quantity of crack cocaine and a loaded handgun from two men in a vehicle at 821 East Main Street, according to a police press release.

The Suffolk County Police Reform and Reinvention Task Force will hold a virtual public listening session for residents of the five East End towns this evening beginning at 6 p.m.

Four people were arrested at sobriety checkpoints conducted by Riverhead Town Police last night.

The online community survey consists of 26 questions, asking about subjects relating to policing in the Town of Riverhead.

Riverhead Town’s progress in complying with a state mandate to develop a policing reform plan by April 1 is so far being kept largely under wraps, though Supervisor Yvette Aguiar says she has already formed a committee to lead the town’s effort and will soon announce who’s on it.

A Jeep got stuck in the sand on Reeves Beach Sunday afternoon and then caught fire, becoming fully engulfed. No one was injured in the incident. The operator, who had a 4x4 permit, was issued a summons for driving on the beach before 6 p.m.

New York’s police reform agenda, a package of legislation and an executive order signed by the governor earlier this month, mandates significant changes in policing policies and practices in the state and imposes new requirements on local police agencies to work with their communities on policies and practices. How are local police departments handling compliance?

With most business and social activities still restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic, arrests, tickets and police revenues in Riverhead were significantly down again in May, according to data released yesterday by Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller.