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Suffolk residents ask about fireworks, loud music during police community meeting

Members of the 4th Precinct held their monthly community meeting at the Hauppauge Public Library Tuesday night where many asked about ongoing noise disturbances.

Jon Dowding

May 7, 2025, 2:17 AM

Updated 14 hr ago

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Suffolk residents voiced concerns about ongoing problems with loud music and even fireworks during a community meeting with Suffolk police officers.
Members of the 4th Precinct held their monthly community meeting at the Hauppauge Public Library Tuesday night. 
Many in attendance asked for updates into what police are doing to stop loud traveling parties.
"From Deer Park and Commack and a little further east, we're all having the same problems," said Edward Sanders, of Hauppauge.
The main problem for months has been loud music and even fireworks waking up residents in several communities in the middle of the night. 
News 12 spoke to residents who say the noise disturbances have been heard in communities like Melville, Deer Park, Hauppauge, Commack, Smithtown, and even parts of Setauket. 
Some tell News 12 it’s been heard coming from the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, Park and Ride in Brentwood, and the Hauppauge Industrial Park.
"Every other night we've been hearing the noises during the summer all summer long,” said Sanders. 
Laura Rosenberg, of Hauppauge, says she and her family have been woken up at 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
"It's like bombs, and it's scary,” she said. "They're working with the community, trying to do the best that they can. It's just going to take time."
During the meeting, officers said they could not comment on the investigation into the noise disturbances.
They did tell neighbors to call the police whenever they heard something, and to share cell phone and Ring video with officers.
"There's only so many police officers that can go out, you know, they only have so many in each precinct,” said Aileen Krause, of Hauppauge.
Sanders says there should be more resources dedicated to addressing the problem before it gets worse.
"We need more of these task forces to be put in place in order to fight this stuff because it's only going to get worse,” he said.
Suffolk police said it is working to get crime statistics for News 12 related to the noise disturbances.