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. «-* * i •. , . r —•.* •. V V — ** 4 • % 4««%4A|4 4,'»t 1 ■-i 1 ! '.{ . . i ■1 1 •{ .5 . » Freeport • Baldwin 55th Year, Na 15 Rcqxxt. N.Y.n520 Otedal iMwspaper of the Village of Preeport'Freeport and Baldwin Sdiool Districts *niursday. April 13.1989 25c Julius Ellison elected FFD Chief by Dave Vieser ] q (he aanual Freeport Fire Department ekctlona held on Thursday, April.6. former Cap* tain Julius “Julk” ElHson of Eve- ready Hose Company Number 1 was elected to lead the Stated largest volunteer (ire department for the next yezt. Chief Elltson. a popular life long Freepotter. will offidally take o>er the reigns of Chief at the Depvtment'S council meet ing next Tuesday. April 18. Run- mng unopposed: be received a total of 216 votes Tuesday night. Chief ElHson has served tl» department as well as his com pany in dozens of committees and capacities, and conUnues active in many department func tions. Chief EUbon is married, and rerides with his wife U n ^ and their two children. Timothy, 6, and Jennifer. 116, on MUl» Avenue. Also elected to ofHce April 6 were: First Assistant Chiefs Ray Maguire, 210 votes; Second Assistant Chief, Kevin NoU. 214 ¥ Julius Ellison Chief votes; Third A u isuni Chief. Bruce Kewbery, 221 votes; and Second BastiHon Dttesaw. Holdeoer, 193 votes. AD candi dates rafi unopposed. Compuiy etoctfons Two days earlier, the depart- mentY e i ^ t companies elected company level officers for the Ray Maguire 1st Assistant Chief upcoming year. The results of those elections are as follows: En^ae Co. ftV. Caps.-, Cary Lamb: 1st U.. Kevin Muldow-^ ney;-2nd I x , Doug DelHo. Hose Co. Si: Capu Jerry Cordosa; 1st Lt.-Riehaid Layton; 2nd Lt., Brian Bonora. Hose Co. n : CapL. Anthony Sparaco*. 1st L t. Robert Brower; Kevin Noll 2nd Assistant Chief 2nd L t . Daniel Rodriguez. Hose Co. #3: Capt Raul Rodriguez. 1st L t , Donald South; 2nd L t, Peter Mtchiels. Hose Co. #4: C a p t, James OUn; 1st L t. Tho mas Laflin; 2nd L t. Richard DiGiacomo. Hose Co. 83: Capt Andrew Hardwick; 1st Lt.. Mark Ren ton: 2nd l x . Alfonso Hardwkk. Bruce Newbery 3rd Assistant Chief Truck Co.: Capt. Joseph Gior dano; 1st Lt.John Maguire: 2nd L t , Jerry Festa. Erocrgeocy/^^' Rescue Co.: Capt, Jeff Tleaun: 1st tx^ Nick LaBome; 2nd Li.. David Harrison. AQ elected oIBcen will be for mally installed at the aruual Inspection/Installation to be held on Friday, April 21. Computerization works wonders at Freeport Police Department by Sue Morgan Stacks of file cards reposing on a low^ shelf in Ucutesant Joseph' PesaleY office in the Freei^n PoHoe E)epartm(^ can only him at the reorganization underway at the DepartmeotY ~ ^ e a n Avenue Headquarters. The sleek computer termnal on Lieutenant PesaleY desk td b the real story. Whh a few touches to its key board, information appears instanth'’on the screen that would take many hours to retrieve from the file cards and volominoos reports from which infonnatioa hM to be sought until January 1, when 22 computer Wreunals and the \Computer Assisted Public Protection” (CAPPS) system went 00 -line. % “In polke work, the biggest thing is the gathering of informa tion and the only way to do that before the computers came was on reports,\ says Assistant (nilef Joseph ^ lan d , recalling a time not long ago when \every solitary thing was done manually,\ with \files upon files, upon files.\ Moreover, Uratenant Boland emphasizes, \AH of the mforma- tion you gather is only as good as how wril It can be r e tr ie d .\ a process which h 4 s been \dramati cally upgraded\ by the capabili ties of computerizarion. After several months with their computer opetatioo. the two lieutenants still retain a hint of amazement in their voices as they tick off the feats that now can be earity accomplished. From the moment the tele phone at the dispatch desk is picked up. the advantages of the new system are visible. A display terminal at the desk prominently lists the whereabouts and current assignment of each ofilcer on duty, updzting loscanuneously as calls come in and officers are dispatebed. The Freeport Department is the only one in Nassau County to have implemented Computer Aided Dbpatch, although other Departments use computers for record retention. Every time a dispatch is made (coriSnuod on pape 20) DA'S Woodcleft probe nets arrests Nassau County District Attor ney Denis DiUoo has announced the filing of criminal charges against nine individoals, the rec overy of stolen can valued in excess of$l 00.000. stolen compu ter equipment, stolen radios, and the uncovering of a S30.000 marine' Insurance fraa^rf, js .a result of an mvestigation by-hia Rackets Bureau. Operating out of an undercover storefront on the ^ypodcieft Carisl iu m.epui't.* New York Oty.\ Mr. DiUon said. \With funding provided by the New York State Insurance Fraud B u reau of * the Insurance Department the investigatioo «as able to purchase eight late model cars which had been recently stolen from the mctn>_ poljuo arc*.’ In addition, they «4re ahlcto recover stolen com puter equipment and car radios.\ UPOATINQ THE DISPLAY of offlcw aaatgnreontat tha Fraw- port Poico DepertnwiYa Obpateh Ooak on tho racw rtfy tnstaflad computar aidad rystam. tha f lm of Ita Und tmpla- mantad in Nassau County, ar« Uautanartt Joaapri Paaala and Dispatchar Joyca Ouimpo. members of the Distnet Attor- oeyY Squad of the Nassau Connty Police Depirimeni posed for over nine months as fences. \Through this role the officers were able to penetrate several riop of thieves operating from Attoraey^-eon- tinued that while at the under cover location at 300 Woodcleft Avenue \the officers dbeovered the existence of an allegedly cor rupt insurance agency operating next door. After learning that the principals that were of the Sea borne Associates Insurance Agency were enpgjng in fraudu lent practices, the officers were able to itiTihratt this operation and become partners with the operators in a scheme to defraud a marine insurance company of 530.000.\ According to Mr. Dillon. Kenneth Bykash of North Mas- \sapequa and Michael Carlat of East Meadow conspired with the qffiqrrs tq^ insure a boat they believed to have bcen^ already -tttftkr-Tbfoo^the- p afOcipatiotT- of Douglas McDonough, a con federate employed by the Intrepid Insurance Company m Maofxod. a policy was issued to insure the fictitious boat apinst loss. Shortly after the policy wfcni into effect a false claim was sub mitted and cvemually a check for [con-nuod on