Mahopac News 04.08.21

VOL. 12 NO. 9 Visit TapIntoMahopac.net for the latest news. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021

County, town submit police reform objectives to state

More transparency, body cams, de-escalation training recommended

BY BOB DUMAS e 248-page report also rec- ideas. e work is not done yet; it erans; people of color; education; PHOTO: BOB DUMAS
EDITOR ommends ensuring a health will be ongoing. We will continue law enforcement; Latinx; LG-
professional assists when police to review police policies with an BTQIA+; and clergy/community intendent for Putnam/Northern
A report issued by a county respond to mental health or sub- eye to equity and fairness.” outreach/homeless. Westchester BOCES and leader
panel of elected o cials, law stance-abuse issues; increasing of the Education Subcommittee,
enforcement leaders and citizen the number of Spanish-speaking Odell chaired the county’s Po- Carla Lucchino, the leader of said the process helped give un-
stakeholders has recommended o cers; and increasing police lice Policy Review Panel, which the Law Enforcement Subcom- derrepresented communities an
a litany of police procedure and transparency by publishing Put- also included leaders of non- mittee, said many common-sense equal voice.
policy changes, including provid- nam County Sheri ’s Depart- pro ts and mental-health prac- ideas came out of the e ort.
ing de-escalation training and ment policies online. titioners. “We have a once-in-a-lifetime
using dashboard and body cam- “My team was made up of opportunity to e ect real change
eras on all police o cers while on Some of the recommendations, Subcommittees represented smart, dedicated county residents in Putnam County with regard to
duty. such as relaxing civil service re- various community groups, in- with fresh perspectives and new police reform and improving what
quirements to increase the diver- cluding each of the following: solutions for long-standing prob- is already good,” Riolo said. “It’s a
e Carmel Police Depart- sity of police departments, would Putnam families; mental health lems,” Lucchino said. chance to remove weaknesses in
ment issued its own separate re- necessitate changes in state law. and substance-use disorder; vet-
port as well. To that end, County Executive Louis Riolo Jr., assistant super- SEE POLICE REFORM PAGE 6
MaryEllen Odell forwarded the
e county’s Police Policy Police Review plan to local state
Comprehensive Review Panel, representatives with a request
which included police chiefs from that they consider the recom-
the county municipalities with mendations.
police departments—including
Carmel—as well as representa- e report was sent to Albany
tives from the Sheri ’s Depart- last week to meet the state-im-
ment, was formed in response to posed April 1 deadline.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive
Order No. 203, requiring local “ is was a demanding and
governments to examine their time-consuming process and
police policies and recommend I’m very grateful to all who par-
changes to eliminate discrimina- ticipated,” Odell said. “While
tion. the review was required by the
state, it gave us a chance to take
e Executive Order, issued in an honest look in the mirror and
June 2020, came on the heels of see how we are doing and where
the killing of George Floyd while policing needs to improve in the
in police custody in Minneapolis, county. I want to thank all the
which prompted nationwide civil stakeholders and the subcom-
unrest. mittees that contributed valuable

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BOB DUMAS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 Your Neighbor MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 3

Lola Lauro is ready for her close-up

Mahopac seventh grader’s modeling career ready to take o

BY BOB DUMAS ping and that was an amazing moment.”

EDITOR Lola also completed auditions for the

children’s pop group Kidz Bop and for

Lola Lauro may only be 12 years old, Nickelodeon. Due to the pandemic, those

but she already has a better appreciation auditions were performed online. She is

of what she wants to do with her life than still waiting to hear back.

most college seniors. “We really don’t know yet,” she said.

e precocious Mahopac Middle “But it was cool to audition for such a big

School seventh grader has had her eyes industry. I made up a dance routine right

set on a career in the modeling/entertain- there on the spot. I am a perfectionist and

ment business since she was 8 and already I try to do it perfect but try not to get

has a leg up on girls twice her age. carried away with that because it can get

Lola is in the middle of a two-year con- frustrating.”

tract with TTA Model &Talent Agency Lola said the pandemic has hindered

on Madison Avenue, which has been set- her ambitions somewhat as performances

ting her up on auditions and photo shoots and auditions have either been canceled,

with clothing companies. postponed or relegated to the internet.

She got accepted by TTA after she She was supposed to be part of the mid-

lmed an audition video and sent it to the dle school’s production of “Mary Poppins

agency, and they invited her down to the Jr.” last spring, but that was canceled.

city for an interview. She also wasn’t able to perform at the

“I got the interview and they said they annual veterans anksgiving dinner at

loved me,” Lola said. “It was a great expe- the Putnam County Golf Course last

rience. It was amazing.” November. In prior years, she gave a guest

One of Lola’s biggest gigs to date was a performance with the USO singers.

photo shoot she did for Zara, one of the “[ e pandemic] took that opportunity

world’s largest apparel retailers. She ad- away and I was sad about it, but there

mits she had some butter ies before the will be other chances and I

shoot. am looking for a busy season

“I was very nervous,” she said. “I this summer,” said Lola, who

thought, ‘Oh, this is happening. is is was the Italian American PHOTOS COURTESY OF LILY
SHAMES PHOTOGRAPHY
real life. A huge company wants to see Club’s Little Miss Columbus
Lola poses with the USO
me!’” in 2017 and rode in the Co- singers at the veterans’
Thanksgiving dinner at the
Prior to the pandemic, Lola did two lumbus Day Parade. “ ings Putnam County Golf Course
in 2019.
walks on the runway for a designer dur- are starting to open up again
PHOTO COURTESY OF
ing Fashion Week in New York City. and I hope to be back to do- KEN LAURO

“ at was cool,” she said. “I did two ing live auditions.”

[walks] and they thought I was a natural. When things do get back

Most of the girls did just one. One of the to normal, Lola Lauro will

out ts I wore, you could fold it into a bag de nitely be ready for her

and use it as a purse. ey were all clap- close-up.

‘I thought, Oh, this is happening.
is is real life.

A huge company wants to see me!’

-Lola Lauro

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