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Rockland eyes towns to foot anti-drug unit's $1M tab

Originally published: September 22, 2012 1:19 PM
Updated: September 22, 2012 2:21 PM
By SARAH ARMAGHAN  sarah.armaghan@cablevision.com

Chris Goldrick, the director of the Rockland County

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Chris Goldrick, the director of the Rockland County Drug Task Force, looks through charts from recent drug busts at the Rockland County Courthouse in New City. (Sept. 19, 2012)

Rockland officials are scrambling to keep alive a 38-year-old police anti-drug unit that they say has been effective in combating illegal narcotics in their communities but now faces the ax due to county budget woes.

County officials are in discussions with town leaders to see if the local municipalities can pick up the $1 million annual tab to keep the six-member Drug Task Force, which is...

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