“We did not throw Danny out,” Weinstock said. Weinstock recently told the Herald that he had no intention of replacing Unit 109. “However, this did not occur, nor did the suggestion that my unit was always meant to be ‘in addition’ to his new unit.” “Had he approached me with open dialogue - or any dialogue, for that matter - there could have been various options discussed,” Gluck said.

But Gluck and his unit have not patrolled Cedarhurst since Unit 101 began working after Passover. Weinstock previously said that the new unit was not a replacement for Unit 109, but rather an additional auxiliary squad, and he hoped that 109 would continue to patrol the village. or 2 a.m., we’re always there to assist and be the community’s eyes and ears.”Īt a Cedarhurst village board meeting on May 1, Weinstock promoted the creation of the village’s new volunteer police auxiliary unit, Unit 101. “We are volunteers who dedicate our free time to keep our community safe, leaving our families on nights and weekends to patrol the streets and cover any details when needed,” Gluck said. “Yet he went behind our backs.”įor over 20 years, the volunteers of Unit 109 patrolled Cedarhurst, the village where Gluck said the unit had spent 75 percent of its time. “For years, the mayor only praised us for all of our hard work and dedication to his village,” Gluck said. K nown as an extra set of eyes and ears, Auxiliary Unit 109, a group of more than 30 volunteers for the Nassau County Police Department’s 4th Precinct in Hewlett, is dedicated to ensuring extra protection for neighbors in the Five Towns and Atlantic Beach.īut when Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock announced that the village would have its own volunteer unit, Danny Gluck, commanding officer of the county auxiliary police department’s 4th Precinct unit and a 25-year-veteran of Unit 109, said it was a “slap in the face.”

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