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Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff seeks advisory board volunteers

by Jan 9, 2017
The Suffolk County Sheriff's office is seeking volunteers to join the Sheriff's Office Citizen Advisory Board with an eye toward improving communication and collaboration between law enforcement and residents.

Photos: Sheriff’s open house provides fun and learning for kids of all ages

by Sep 18, 2016
The event featured safety demonstrations, tours, K-9 demonstrations and a special surprise of dozens of homemade cupcakes donated by Connetquot High School students.

Learn more about keeping your family safe at PBMC’s Child Safety Day

by Sep 13, 2016
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.

Sheriff’s office to host annual open house and family day Sept. 18

by Sep 12, 2016
The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office will celebrate 332 years of service at its annual open house and family day this weekend.

To keep Craigslist exchanges from going bad, “safe transaction zones” offer police supervision while meeting strangers

by Apr 13, 2016
Meeting a stranger alone can be dangerous, so the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office is offering residents a safer place to conduct in-person transactions.

Is Riverhead a ‘sanctuary city’?

by Jul 17, 2015
Several town board members feel that Riverhead's policies regarding undocumented immigrants are too similar to the laws in San Francisco that kept a man from being deported before he allegedly killed a woman last Wednesday.