A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the community meeting at the Farmingdale Library that was presented by the Nassau County Police Department's 8th Precinct. Trustee Christiansen and I joined with many other Village residents and community members to listen to a presentation by 8th Precinct Commanding Officer, Deputy Inspector Michael P. Cronin. He was joined by 8th Squad Commanding Officer, Detective Lieutenant Raymond Cote, members of the 8th Squad, the Gang Intervention Unit and POP Officers, Thomas Murphy and Paul Lamonaca. The very informative event included a power point presentation by Deputy Inspector Cronin and a very active and lively question-and-answer period by all the officers present. Deputy Inspector Cronin answered all our questions very candidly. There was no double talk or beating around the bush. It was very refreshing to listen to him speak. The Village of Farmingdale has always maintained a very good relationship with the 8th Precinct and it will only get even better by having a hands-on, straight shooting (no pun intended) Commanding Officer to work with us. All the police representatives should be complimented. They were very informative and answered all the questions completely. Trustee Christiansen and I, along with Village Code Enforcement Supervisor and NC Auxiliary Police Inspector Joann Edling, were able to meet briefly with Commander Cronin to discuss some specific village Issues. I also took the opportunity to thank them for the great job that they do and for the extra effort they supply us for our parades and special events. During the meeting several village residents had asked about increased enforcement along Melville Road. They were complaining about trucks cutting through to 110 (the road is a no truck area). Commander Cronin promised that he would schedule extra cars to patrol that area and other hot spots that have been identified within the village. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed, but stepped-up enforcement within the village has already begun. The large turnout for the meeting was very encouraging. In so much that we have asked Commander Cronin to schedule a Town Hall meeting at Village Hall in the near future. This meeting will afford our residents an opportunity to ask questions that are specific to our village. Commander Cronin has also promised to work hard to get additional police presence into our village. He hopes that the recent graduates from the Police Academy produce additional officers to our precinct who can be used for specific areas of concerns. You have my promise that the village trustees and I will continue to work together with the 8th Precinct to make sure that our village always has the best police coverage possible.