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Former NYPD Officer becomes UPD Deputy Chief

Thomas Pascale is the newest deputy chief of University Police.  “He is a strong proponent of the community policing model, and is a welcomed addition to our agency,” stated Chief of University Police Steven Siena.

According to Pascale, his position consists of assisting Chief Siena and is responsible for supervision of lieutenants and the detective.

Pascale and Siena are currently working on making Old Westbury’s University Police Department accredited. “In the world of policing, it’s well respected if you are in accredited police agency and we are going to start the accreditation process eminently, probably within the next month or two,” Pascale continued, “It’s going to be challenging, but I will be assisting the chief going through the accredited process.”

According to the Uapd.arizona.edu, “The law enforcement accreditation system establishes a uniform set of ‘Best Practices’ for police agencies that are consistently verified and measurable on an international scale.”

“Police work is the same, but I am making the transition of working as a municipal police officer to University Police officer,” Pascale added.

He was part of the New York Police Department for 22 years, within Brooklyn and Queens, before working at SUNY Old Westbury. Pascale started off as a police officer in Elmhurst, then a sergeant in Ozone Park, and then a lieutenant in Jackson Heights. Pascale was later assigned as Captain in the Narcotics Division in South Brooklyn. In 2015 he was assigned in the Internal Affairs Bureau, in which he did his final assignment before becoming deputy chief at Old Westbury.

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