Does anyone know how much of Long Island has gang and serious crime problems? I bet most of us far from there have assumed LI is mostly a pretty safe, low crime area, but maybe not.
"Does anyone know how much of Long Island has gang and serious crime problems?"
See my response @ http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3543909/posts
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I will also add that during the late 1960's through 1970's, there was a section of Central Islip, known as Carlton park.
During this time period, this was a section that when a cop did decide to enter, it was a MINIMUM 3 car (Police car's with shotguns) back-up. It was quite common to see an officer either with his hand on his weapon ready to pull, and or have it already out and just hanging down along his leg. (Notice that I said "his" leg) and not "her leg." The political correct BS had not even start to take effect at that time frame. You need to knock on a door, just use your fist (left hand,) keeping your gun hand free, just to save yourself, and fellow officers, if needed.
Sorry to report, that sometimes it was needed.
How tough /ruff of a neighborhood was it, I'm talking back when you had coin operated telephone's, they had one corner, (Checked google maps very close to "McKinney St. & Smith St. Central Islip." From what I remember, some of the streets now shown as not connecting with Carleton Ave (State Route 17) did back in the day.) forget the street name, but they had something like 6 (six) or 8 (eight) pay telephones. They were told, that if a telephone went missing / robbery , etc., they wouldn't be replaced. They had them telephones FOR A LONG TIME!