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Nassau police commander demoted, accused of altering crime stats

A Nassau police commander has been demoted after he was accused of "fudging" numbers so that his precinct's crime statistics looked better.Investigators say 6th Precinct Inspector Thomas DePaola was altering

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Aug 1, 2012, 8:00 PM

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