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Anker can propose and vote on laws that affect the Suffolk County Police Department. As a body, the Suffolk County Legislature oversees the police department and can confirm or reject the county executive's choice for police commissioner. The legislature can also hold hearings and subpoena documents and witnesses.
Anker, of Mount Sinai, has served in the legislature since winning a special election in March 2011. Before her election to the county legislature, Anker was a Mount Sinai school board member for four years and a board member of the Mount Sinai Civic Association. She also had her own public relations firm, once worked for Eastern Suffolk BOCES and was director of Brookhaven Office of Energy and Sustainability.
Thank you for your survey. Your upcoming story regarding police misconduct and oversight touches upon serious issues and Newsday should be commended for focusing on them with such intensity.
As a result of Newsday’s reporting, and because I take public safety very seriously, I will be considering whether there is a need for increased oversight, whether public hearings will be helpful and whether a civilian review board is an appropriate method to review complaints of police misconduct.
Given pending litigation, however, I have been advised by the county attorney that it would be inappropriate to comment further or to otherwise respond to your survey at this time.
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