The Nassau legislature approved a $1.7 million settlement last week for an elderly Baldwin man last week after a 2017 incident in which he accused two police officers of hurling him down the front steps of his home.
Robert Besedin Sr. filed a 2018 police brutality lawsuit against the county following a confrontation with two Nassau police officers on his own property. The suit charged Officers Stephen Beckwith and Dominick Mantovani violated his civil rights and that the Police Department had neglected specific training and oversight.
