New chaplain appointed to Nassau County Police Department
The newest chaplain in the Nassau County Police Department is only the second Hispanic to ever hold the post. Revered Derek Garcia is a Great Neck native and has accepted an appointment to be a department
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Aug 9, 2016, 3:45 PM
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The newest chaplain in the Nassau County Police Department is only the second Hispanic to ever hold the post.
Revered Derek Garcia is a Great Neck native and has accepted an appointment to be a department chaplain.
The 33-year-old Garcia is senior pastor at a Hispanic church in East Meadow.
Garcia's appointment as chaplain comes as statistics show the department's non-white members is now at 19 percent.
That's up from 11 percent in 2014.
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