BREAKING: NY - James Burke, ex-police chief of Suffolk County, arrested for soliciting a male undercover officer, 22 Aug 2023

[Justice101]

Dumb question.. .since this guy was the former police chief, does that even matter since the new police chief in town was the one who go the cold case going and solved?

 

[Betty P]

Dumb question.. .since this guy was the former police chief, does that even matter since the new police chief in town was the one who go the cold case going and solved?

Yes and no. Rodney Harrison was the new "outsider" police commissioner who came in and put together a task force to catch LISK. Rodney did a good job, but asked too many questions when the investigation started to shut down after Heuermann's arrest for the murders of 3 women.

Harrison's task force consisted of the police chief who replaced James Burke as well as a few other members of the county prosecutors office (Ray Tierney) who also didn't vigorously pursue the LISK case. Harrison made the county prosecutor and police chief work with the NY State police, the FBI and others. They made their arrest in about 1 years time.

So, James Burke didn't work on Harrison's task force, but some of his friends did. It's believed there are people within the Suffolk County PD who are still loyal to James Burke. They did force Rodney Harrison out after Rex was arrested, something that didn't have to happen. With Harrison gone, some folks are working to make sure things dont go back to "business as usual".

Also, the attorneys representing Rex Heuermann, his wife and his kids are all part of the old Suffolk County machine that James Burke was part of.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/us/gilgo-beach-murders-suspect-arrest/index.html

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