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Pat Ryder | Nassau County Police Department Commissioner on Keeping Nassau County Safe Despite Hochul's Best Efforts · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: I expect him, like everybody else in this state, to
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  Speaker 1: follow the laws of New York and there are consequences
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  Speaker 1: if you do not. And again, someone like that will
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  Speaker 1: intentionally misrepresent, which is a nice way of saying, lie.
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  Speaker 2: My buddy. Bruce Blakeman has cut that lead down to
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  Speaker 2: ten in the Siena Paul which, by the way, Lean's left,
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  Speaker 2: and she talks specifically about Nassau County's relationship with ice.
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  Speaker 2: Imagine that. Imagine Nassau County doing a good job with ice.
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  Speaker 2: Now I know what happened to Preddy and good in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 2: I think there have been four people that have been
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  Speaker 2: killed since Tom Holman and Mullins and dating back to
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  Speaker 2: Nolme started cleaning up our cities by deporting thousands, not
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  Speaker 2: four thousands of murderers, rapists, drug dealers, really bad people
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  Speaker 2: getting them out of there. You look at the numbers,
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  Speaker 2: it's not even close. Why are we even argumists. Why
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  Speaker 2: because Democrats are lunatics and has done an incredible job
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  Speaker 2: of removing very, very dangerous people from the streets. That's
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  Speaker 2: why it remains the safest county in America. And it's big,
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  Speaker 2: very big part of the reason why besides Bruce Blakeman's
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  Speaker 2: policies is they've got a police commissioner who I'm.
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  Speaker 3: In love with.
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  Speaker 4: The guys.
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  Speaker 2: He's a hero, he is a tough son of a bitch.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't care. He will make sure those streets are safe.
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  Speaker 2: And he's my dear friend, pat Ryder. And Patty is
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  Speaker 2: here right now this morning. Mister police commissioner, how are you.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning?
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  Speaker 4: Said thank you for having me on now.
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  Speaker 2: It's great to have you. Now, it's great to have you.
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  Speaker 2: So you weren't Kathy Haunko. She basically said, Look, I
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  Speaker 2: don't care what Bruce and Patty have been doing in
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  Speaker 2: Nashau County. I'm the lawmaker. I'm the governor. We've got
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  Speaker 2: laws in New York and they're gonna follow those. What
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  Speaker 2: is your answer to the governor who loves crime, Well,
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  Speaker 2: you guys keep crime at a minimum.
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  Speaker 3: So with a safest county in America for a reason.
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  Speaker 3: And then we keep pushing the issues that need to
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  Speaker 3: be pushed and make sure our residents who deserve the
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  Speaker 3: best service are taken care of it. And we go
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  Speaker 3: after these bad people. Bad people do bad things, and
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  Speaker 3: when they do that, and they are illegal in this country,
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  Speaker 3: they get turned over to ICE. If we arrest you,
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  Speaker 3: you on probable cause, and we bring you in and
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  Speaker 3: you have a judicial hold, we will notify ICE and
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  Speaker 3: turn you over to ICE. It's part of what we do.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, they send down a letter that they're changing.
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  Speaker 3: The law has been changed. We have to go into
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  Speaker 3: effect by August twenty fifth. The county executive and the
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  Speaker 3: lawyers are redealing it. The county execumated very clear. He
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  Speaker 3: said we will follow the law, but that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 3: the county is akor to fight right down to the
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  Speaker 3: last minute to fight for what he believes is right,
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  Speaker 3: and that is protecting the people in Nassau County.
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  Speaker 2: So let me get this straight, because I'm not that smart, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: the law is going to make people less safe and
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  Speaker 2: cap the whole goal will absolutely make sure you follow
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  Speaker 2: the law to keep Nassau County residents less safe. Am
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  Speaker 2: I missing something?
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  Speaker 3: You know, you're pretty much called the right. The law
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  Speaker 3: that's been changed by the culture up in Albany, which
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  Speaker 3: is not pro law enforcement. It did that law has
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  Speaker 3: been changed to not back up the cops. I have
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  Speaker 3: the great pleasure of working for a county executive that
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  Speaker 3: backs his cops, backs his fireman, baxes.
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  Speaker 4: Anybody that is employed here by Nasall County.
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  Speaker 3: But he'll call you out when he needs to call
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  Speaker 3: you out and tell you when you're doing something wrong.
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  Speaker 3: And in this case, he's backing us up. But he
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  Speaker 3: also knows that if the law is what it is,
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  Speaker 3: he said, he will follow the law. But he's going
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  Speaker 3: to fight to do what he believes is right. And
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  Speaker 3: that's backing up his cops. Because when you got an
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  Speaker 3: illegal like we did and set over twenty something fires
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  Speaker 3: here in Nassau County, and when we arrested him, perbviously,
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  Speaker 3: he was deported, but that individual Jewel twenty different times,
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  Speaker 3: volunteer firemen have been called out of the house. Police
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  Speaker 3: officers have been rushing to these calls to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that we're saving the people that are involved in these fires.
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  Speaker 3: What if that fireman dies on the way or that
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  Speaker 3: police officer dies on the way, he's responsible to that.
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  Speaker 3: He started the ball rolling and he's the person that's
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  Speaker 3: here illegal that the County Exact wants to remove from
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  Speaker 3: our county.
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  Speaker 2: I've got another story for you, and two story. It's
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  Speaker 2: not a story, unfortunately, it's real. Besides a guy starting
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  Speaker 2: the fires. I mean, I may be wrong. I don't
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  Speaker 2: live in Nasau County, so Patty correct me. IUF I'm wrong,
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  Speaker 2: But did you not have one guy a couple of
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  Speaker 2: months ago that went to two different residences in Nassau
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  Speaker 2: County and stab murder two different women in two different
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  Speaker 2: residences and he was illegal?
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  Speaker 4: That is correct.
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  Speaker 3: It was a homicide in Valley's Stream and the other
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  Speaker 3: one was in Island Park and both of those women
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  Speaker 3: were brutally murdered by this individual who was here illegally
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  Speaker 3: in the country.
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  Speaker 2: So what is Kathy Hoko's response to that?
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  Speaker 3: Well, in that case, we're going to hold him, and
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  Speaker 3: the district attorney and Donny is going to prosecute him,
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  Speaker 3: and after he's prosecuted, he'll be sent to jail, but
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  Speaker 3: somewhere along the way there'll be a detainer put on
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  Speaker 3: him by Ice. And when he does finish serving that sentence,
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  Speaker 3: which should be a life sentence, he's going to be
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  Speaker 3: turned over then be deported out of this country. But
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  Speaker 3: we will keep him here to answer for our victims.
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  Speaker 2: And what about all the gang activity. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if it's still as bad, Patty as it was years ago.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump actually did an amazing job with that. You
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  Speaker 2: got a bunch of gangs out there now, those Venezuelan
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  Speaker 2: suit but specifically MS thirteen. You guys have done a
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  Speaker 2: really good job of making it more safe again. Spinning
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  Speaker 2: in the face of what Kapi Jocko wants to do.
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  Speaker 2: How was that recently the gang activity?
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  Speaker 3: Gang activity is way down, shootings are way down, crime
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  Speaker 3: is way down. And the reason that is is because
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  Speaker 3: of an intelligence led policing program, because of the investment
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  Speaker 3: that we get from our government to get the intelligence
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  Speaker 3: tools that we need to go find these people and
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  Speaker 3: and sought them out and put them into jail. It's
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  Speaker 3: only because of the enforcement that it's done. When President
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  Speaker 3: Trump came his first term and he came here and
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  Speaker 3: addressed the gang issue, he gave us funding, and he
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  Speaker 3: gave us resources, and he gave us connections into the
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  Speaker 3: world of all of our federal partners that we never did.
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  Speaker 3: He opened up the doors, and since then we've been
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  Speaker 3: crushing it. When it comes to going after the gang activity,
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  Speaker 3: it pops, it's ugly ahead every once in a while,
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  Speaker 3: but we'll play whack a mole. We'll whack it right
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  Speaker 3: back down. Put these guys in jail, and if they
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  Speaker 3: are here illegally, they will be turned over to Ice
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  Speaker 3: when they have that judicial hole or that probable cause
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  Speaker 3: arrest is done and prosecuted in the courts.
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  Speaker 2: So there's really though, from a legal standpoint, Pat Ryder,
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  Speaker 2: the amazing National County Police Commissioner, from a legal standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: there's really nothing you can do with Kathy Hochel. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: you know sends excuse me, executes that law and you
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  Speaker 2: guys are forced to follow it sometime on or around
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  Speaker 2: August at twenty fifth, and I know you're going to
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  Speaker 2: fight and do whatever you can too to stop it,
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  Speaker 2: but eventually she's going to get the win. Right, There's
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  Speaker 2: really nothing you can do.
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  Speaker 3: We have law in order, we have to follow the laws,
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  Speaker 3: and that's what we'll do. But we will do everything
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  Speaker 3: in our power to make sure that the streets here
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  Speaker 3: in Nasa County are safe.
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  Speaker 2: I remember years ago two you mentioned Trump came out
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  Speaker 2: there as first term. Pat, You're right and was dealing
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  Speaker 2: with the gangs. And when the amazing officer Jonathan Diller
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  Speaker 2: was gunned down and murdered on the other side in
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  Speaker 2: Queen's he was a massive Pequo resident. Everybody knows and
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  Speaker 2: loves Stephanie Diller, and little Ryan was almost three, I
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  Speaker 2: guess at this point. And I was there at that
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  Speaker 2: funeral in Massapeque. What an amazing day that was. And
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  Speaker 2: other cops out there were just unbelievable. Just your whole
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  Speaker 2: crew out there and supporting Jonathan Diller. I just love
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  Speaker 2: the way Nassau County treats the police and the citizens.
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  Speaker 2: I got to tell you what happened that day, Pat,
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  Speaker 2: which I really loved. I was walking outside the church
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  Speaker 2: after the ceremony with Pete King, and I noticed a
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  Speaker 2: whole bunch of Nasau County residents walking out with order
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  Speaker 2: and sandwiches for all the cops and all the people
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  Speaker 2: that were there to honor the late Jonathan dinner. It
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  Speaker 2: was a beautiful display. Pat, you were there by the
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  Speaker 2: residents of Nashau County.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, let me tell you something when obviously it's a
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  Speaker 3: tragedy when they take one of ours, but we come
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  Speaker 3: out tenfold when you take one of ours, We're getting stronger,
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  Speaker 3: We're not getting weaker. We stood by, you know, Stephanie
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  Speaker 3: and her family. The county executive pulled out every resource
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  Speaker 3: that we had to make.
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  Speaker 4: Sure that this funeral went off without a.
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  Speaker 3: Hitch because the large crowds. But what made it happen
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  Speaker 3: was the community here in Nasau County. They back and
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  Speaker 3: respect their police. We back and respect our communities. That's
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  Speaker 3: what makes it work. And we continued that. We got
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  Speaker 3: great partners now in Suffolk County. Kevin Catalina is a
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  Speaker 3: great commissioner out there. You know, we still work with
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  Speaker 3: all of our federal partners, We'll still work with all
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  Speaker 3: of our local partners, our villages and our cities. We'll
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  Speaker 3: also work greatly with the NYPD. We just got to
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  Speaker 3: hope that we can continue to have them relationships. When
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  Speaker 3: it's cop the cop, that'll always be that no politician
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  Speaker 3: can ever break that.
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  Speaker 2: Suffolk County is great. Lusavello is a terrific guy. And
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  Speaker 2: my friend Mike Bandenberg and his now Beyonce Lisa Swolo
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  Speaker 2: who her husband Paul, was also a cop murdered in
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  Speaker 2: the line of duty. What they do with Season of
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  Speaker 2: Hope They actually provide the payment for CoP's funerals and
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  Speaker 2: little kids who were killed on Long Island, they pay
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  Speaker 2: for all their funerals, So there is a great synergy.
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  Speaker 2: Now Pat between Nasau and Suffolk County, and you both
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  Speaker 2: do a great job. Whether it's Bruce Blakeman in Nassau
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  Speaker 2: County or Ed Romaine in Suffolk County. There's a reason
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  Speaker 2: why Long Island at this point may be the best
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  Speaker 2: place to live anywhere in the country. Now talking about
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  Speaker 2: Long Island, Pat big day tomorrow, and for you it's
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  Speaker 2: a big headache. Anytime the President comes to town, that's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of work for Pat Ryder and the local
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  Speaker 2: police force. What does your next twenty four hours look like?
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  Speaker 3: Time any dignitary comes to our county, our Special Investigation
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  Speaker 3: Squad SIS works hand in hand with the Secret Service,
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  Speaker 3: State Department, whoever it is, FBI, and we make sure
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  Speaker 3: that that dignitary is protected. The President, the FBI director,
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  Speaker 3: whoever it is, coming to this county under any administration,
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  Speaker 3: we treat everybody the same. We put out the resources
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  Speaker 3: to protect them. But I watched what's happened in the
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  Speaker 3: Academy for the last couple of days and how they're
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  Speaker 3: turning the building around to make it work. They come in,
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  Speaker 3: it's like a movie production and we're not doing anything.
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  Speaker 3: We're not lifting a finger.
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  Speaker 4: It's all them.
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  Speaker 3: They bring their own cleaning crews. They set everything up
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  Speaker 3: and when it's all done, they break it all down
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  Speaker 3: and they're on to their next movement. They do it
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  Speaker 3: with professionalism and the relationship that we have with them
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  Speaker 3: is great. They've been hand in hand with us. The
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  Speaker 3: Secret Service has been phenomenal. They've been here now for
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  Speaker 3: about a week and we follow their lead. It's our house,
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  Speaker 3: it's our backyard, but it's their lead because they have
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  Speaker 3: that protectee and that it's their job and they want
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  Speaker 3: to make sure everybody gets in this safe. It will
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  Speaker 3: be the safest place in the county on that.
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  Speaker 2: Day, no doubt, maybe in the country. Is that going
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  Speaker 2: to be inside the police academy by the gym or
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  Speaker 2: something or you're not a liberty to talk.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't want to give that much of the details,
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  Speaker 3: but it will be on the premises of the NASA
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  Speaker 3: County Police Academy, which has been publicly announced.
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  Speaker 4: And everybody that.
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  Speaker 3: Is a ticketed guest should have signed up and got
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  Speaker 3: their ticket, and you will you be prepared because you're
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  Speaker 3: going through layers and layers of security before you get
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  Speaker 3: into the all lockdown zone.
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  Speaker 2: Well, most people are not me. I'm very famous. I
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  Speaker 2: just kind of walk in like the president and how
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  Speaker 2: that works. Pat Right, we got you covered.
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  Speaker 4: We got your covered.
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  Speaker 2: You guys do now tomorrow is going to be an amazing,
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  Speaker 2: amazing day. So on the way out, pat Ryder, the
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  Speaker 2: great Nasau County Police commissioner. Here he is. You mentioned
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  Speaker 2: the Nasau County executive a bunch of times. That's how
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  Speaker 2: you described him, because right now that's what he is.
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  Speaker 2: But again, this whole conversation really started with a gubernatorial
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  Speaker 2: battle over ice between Hokel and Blakeman. How do you
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  Speaker 2: feel about your boss running for governor in the state
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  Speaker 2: of New York.
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  Speaker 4: So in my position, I'm not supposed to be political.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not allowed to give political comments, but I will
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  Speaker 3: tell you this, I can give you facts.
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  Speaker 4: That man is up early in the morning. My phone's ringing.
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  Speaker 4: You called me this morning, Sid.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, you go, are you up?
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  Speaker 4: Up?
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  Speaker 3: I work for Bruce Blakeman. I'm always up. And that's
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  Speaker 3: the way he is. He wants to make sure everything
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  Speaker 3: for every day that starts off, he's got what he
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  Speaker 3: needs to go out there and speak to the public
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  Speaker 3: and address any issues. If it's three o'clock in the morning,
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  Speaker 3: there's a big building fire, he's on the Phone's if
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  Speaker 3: there's a bad crime that occurs in the middle night,
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  Speaker 3: he's on the phone. He wants to be updated. And look,
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  Speaker 3: he's a great boss and he stands and backs his
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  Speaker 3: cops and firemen and all his public safety people. But
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  Speaker 3: he will call you out when he needs to call
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  Speaker 3: you out. That's the kind of leadership it is, and
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  Speaker 3: you respect it. Hey, when you're wrong, you're wrong, and
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  Speaker 3: you got to be called out on it. And that's
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  Speaker 3: the kind of guy he is. He's on top of it,
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  Speaker 3: backs you up and make sure that you're doing the
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  Speaker 3: right thing by the people in this county.
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  Speaker 2: Two of my favorite people are you and Finton. I
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  Speaker 2: love Finon too, don't you love Finton? Isn't he great?
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  Speaker 4: He's my deputy commission that he's out there working right now.
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  Speaker 3: Guarantee he's at the academy working setting this stuff up.
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  Speaker 2: Fantastic. Well, I can't wait to see you tomorrow, Patt
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  Speaker 2: and Will are you doing extraordinary job? I don't know
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  Speaker 2: how you do it. That county is huge, it's huge,
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  Speaker 2: and you have kept that place the safest county in
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  Speaker 2: American And something tells me, no, matter what County Hooko
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  Speaker 2: tries to do to ruin that, because she'd be ruining that,
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  Speaker 2: she'd be trying to make Nassau County less safer. As
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  Speaker 2: if that makes any sense, it ain't gonna work now
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  Speaker 2: with Pat Rider running the show. Pat, you're great. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you so much.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 4: Sid have a great day.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, God bless you.
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  Speaker 3: There.
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  Speaker 2: He is a Nassau County Police commissioner. I love that guy,
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  Speaker 2: Pat Rider.
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