Police Agencies In Nassau, Suffolk Counties Win State Tech Grants

LONG ISLAND, NY —Grants for new technology have been awarded to police agencies across Nassau and Suffolk counties from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

The largest grant in Nassau went to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office; the Glen Cove Police Department and the Nassau County Police Department will also receive more than $1 million.

In Suffolk the largest grant by far went to the Suffolk County Police Department.

The funding announced Monday will support a variety of equipment, including but not limited to license plate readers, mobile and fixed camera systems, computer-aided dispatch systems, software, unmanned aerial vehicles, gunshot detection devices and smart equipment for patrol vehicles and police officers.

Law Enforcement Technology (LETECH) Grants:

Nassau County

• Brookville Police Department $95,100
• Floral Park Police Department $203,900
• Great Neck Estates Police Department $120,000
• Lake Success Police Department $297,324
• Lynbrook Police Department $20,000
• Muttontown Village Police Department $147,716
• Old Westbury Police Department $704,000
• Village of Freeport Police Department $387,042
• Village of Kings Point Police Department $455,000
• Village of Old Brookville Police Department $28,918
• Centre Island Police department $56,922
• Village of Garden City Police Department $465,000
• City of Glen Cove Police Department $1,114,493
• Village of Hempstead Police Department $950,000
• City of Long Beach Police Department $48,576
• Village of Malverne Police Department $536,000
• Nassau County Sheriff's Department $2,084,882
• Nassau County Police Department $1,089,500

Suffolk County

• East Hampton Village Police Department $112,730
• Head of the Harbor Village Police Department $21,500
• Huntington Bay Village Police Department $113,100
• Quogue Village Police Department $90,000
• Southampton Town Police Department $50,000
• Southampton Village Police Department $355,620
• Southold Town Police Department $980,225
• Town of Riverhead Police Department $1,471,539
• Town of Shelter Island Police Department $35,862
• Amityville Village Police Department $47,508
• Asharoken Police Department $54,499
• East Hampton Town PD $269,626
• Town of Huntington $436,000
• Town of Islip $162,900
• Lloyd Harbor Harbor Police Department $100,000
• Northport Police Department $45,000
• Ocean Beach Police Department $30,000
• Sag Harbor Village Police Department $144,000
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office $542,500
• Suffolk County Police Department $7,111,687
• Westhampton Beach Village Police department $132,672

The state provided $127 million in the new budget to police departments and sheriffs’ offices outside of New York City for the new technology and equipment grants. In all, 378 law enforcement agencies responded to the state’s application for funding last fall.

It's part of record-level investments in public safety and criminal justice funding in the FY25 Enacted Budget, state officials said, including additional funding to target retail theft, combat gun violence and domestic violence, and fund community-based programs that serve victims and survivors of crime.

"By investing in the latest technology and equipment, we’re responding to the requests of law enforcement agencies as they look to safeguard the future of our state," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in the announcement.