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Pharmacy Security red hot topic for hundreds at Long Island gathering video >>
The sister of John Capano, an ATF officer slain by friendly fire during a Seaford , Long Island pharmacy robbery, was in the audience. Hundreds more jammed into the Bethpage, LI Morrelly Homeland Security Center to show their determination to stop the string of murderous pharmacy robberies which have roiled this New York suburban area for months.
Capano was killed while wrestling with the deperate attacker. His funeral was held on January 6, at the at St. William the Abbot Church in Seaford. At the funeral, Capano's widow, Dori, and his children followed the casket, buglers played Taps, and as a final salute, eight helicopters performed a flyover.
Video via CBS Local
The Bethpage crowd yesterday included many pharmacists, and was addressed by Congressman Peter King, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, and others. People from our company, Applied DNA Sciences, were there, as were representatives from the office of State Senator Kemp Hannon.
The brutal string of pharmacy attacks in this area included one in Medford, Long Island last Father's Day, that claimed four lives. Nationally, according to the New York Times, pharmacy robberies skyrocketed by 79% in 2011. Many have involved addicts desperate to steal so-called "super pain-killers" like Oxycodone and Oxycontin.
As a Long Island firm, and a security products company, Applied DNA Sciences shares the community's sorrow and concern about this epidemic.
