Ex-Southold police Chief Joseph Sawicki Sr., 84, dies

Originally published: July 8, 2013 7:52 PM
Updated: July 8, 2013 9:59 PM
By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Photo credit: Handout | Former Southold police Chief Joseph Sawicki Sr., a 30-year department veteran who also helped mentor the political career of his son, Suffolk's comptroller, died July 6, 2013 after a battle with cancer. He was 84. Newsday's obituary for Joseph Sawicki Sr.

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Former Southold police Chief Joseph Sawicki Sr., a 30-year department veteran who also helped mentor the political career of his son, Suffolk's comptroller, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 84.

Sawicki died Saturday at San Simeon by the Sound Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport surrounded by his family.

Sawicki joined the town police in 1951 when it was a six-member...

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