Saladino to Oyster Bay: Remember to Back the Blue

Oyster Bay City Supervisor Joseph Saladino stood Monday at a Plainedge memorial to a fallen cop and urged neighborhood residents to honor legislation enforcement subsequent week with a blue ribbon outdoors their house or enterprise.

The “Again the Blue” ribbon marketing campaign coincides with National Police Week, which begins Sunday nationwide and continues by means of Could 21. The week pays tribute to energetic legislation enforcement officers in addition to those that died within the line of responsibility.

At a information convention Monday in Plainedge Park, Saladino and different neighborhood leaders met at a memorial to NYPD Officer Brian Moore —  killed in the line of duty in May 2015 — to publicize the marketing campaign.

“They’re our members of the family, our pals and our neighbors,” Saladino stated. “We couldn’t take pleasure in our high quality of life with out the courageous women and men in legislation enforcement.”

Moore, of Massapequa, was shot within the head in Queens whereas working in plainclothes by a person he was questioning about carrying a gun, the NYPD stated on the time.

Nassau County, the Village of Lynbrook and different places throughout the area have promoted comparable occasions lately to honor cops.

The newest marketing campaign comes after a interval of historic challenges for legislation enforcement on Lengthy Island and throughout the nation over the previous two years. The homicide of George Floyd in Could 2020 by a Minneapolis police officer because the pandemic raged, sparked protests, laws to enhance police transparency and actions nationwide to “defund” the police — shift funding to social service initiatives meant to forestall crime.

On Lengthy Island and in New York Metropolis, police responded to the protests, typically hampered by officers unable to work after being sick with COVID-19.

Nassau County Police Benevolent Affiliation president Tom Shevlin stated a blue ribbon is an easy manner of displaying appreciation to legislation enforcement officers who put their lives on the road day-after-day.

“Law enforcement officials put a bulletproof vest on each single day and night time they go to work,” Shevlin stated. “They kiss their family members goodbye to guard all of you, our communities; your households. They’re keen to do this. They’re keen to pay the final word sacrifice. And now it is time to present all of us respect them. That every one of you have got our backs.”

Residents can acquire a blue ribbon in individual at Oyster Bay city places of work, by means of Fb or by calling 516-624-6380.