Thread: Nassau County PD Rumor mill

Rumor mill has it (rumor mill has been very active recently) that our Chief of Detectives will taking the slot as Police Commissioner in Nassau County LI. Any Long Island folks out there hear this as well? His mission is to clean up the police lab there, like he did here. And then possibly go into private sector work cleaning up police labs worldwide. We hope he goes, and if he does, good luck to you guys and gals out there. You will be receiving a guy with a law degree, 2 engineering degrees and who thinks/knows he is the ultimate authority in everything and WILL come into your house and make changes just because his changes and his steps and orders and directives are all better than the ones you've had in place for decades, etc.

Paperwork is keeping us from getting the bad guys, four police unions to tell Chief of Detectives
BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF
Monday, October 04, 2010

Four police unions will meet with NYPD Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski this week to complain that mounting paperwork is keeping them from fighting crime.

"A lot of people feel their primary focus, the investigation, is being pushed to the back while all the administrative issues are dealt with," said Thomas Sullivan, head of the Lieutenants Benevolent Association.

"It's creating a tremendous morale problem."

Among the biggest beefs: Detectives must log their every move - including what car they drove, what time they left, whom they talked to and where they stopped - all by the end of the workday.

Detractors call the multiple forms "Pulaskigrams."

The flap comes at a time when the number of murders citywide is up about 13%.

The NYPD's clearance rate - the percentage of this year's murders solved this calendar year - hovered under 50% in late summer, the lowest in five years.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski will hear out four police unions on… (Zalcman for News)
Even bosses have to fill out electronic forms to make sure the initial paperwork was done correctly by the detectives.

Pulaski, who is planning to institute a detective version of Compstat, under which bosses are accountable for crimefighting in their respective commands, appears to have the full support of the NYPD brass.

Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne, the NYPD's top spokesman, called him "a consummate professional who demands excellence and accountability."

Pulaski did not return a request for comment.

Since his arrival, seven of the 25 captains assigned to the detective bureau have transferred, citing him as the primary reason, police sources said. About 245 detectives have retired since then, a number that sources say is higher than normal.

Pulaski's confab with union leaders representing detectives, lieutenants, sergeants and captains is set for Wednesday.

Brother. We hope and pray that he goes to you guys or anywhere - anywhere but here. But be long forewarned, he will change your job BIG TIME and not in a way that you will enjoy. Good luck if he does go your way - I hope your unions are stronger than ours are now.