The fact that Vinnie, as he is known to his friends, is allowed to wear blue jeans, an open-neck blue shirt and a dark-blue cotton jacket to work is one of the many things he likes about his job, like eating at a table. Its most famous commander was known in Suffolk County as a Jack Kerouac figure who wrote poetry and loved the job because of the contact it gave him with the ocean and the time it gave him for literature. He claimed to be able to read 100 books every winter.Cops in America usually have to wear ties and dark trousers. In the 1700s, Great South Bay contained the largest oyster beds in the New World The men who worked them became known as Baymen. Later, potato farming, mostly by Polish immigrants, replaced the fishing Now, both are almost gone. But the feeling for the sea remains as strong as ever.Like its location, the Marine Bureau has always been something of a world apart. He joined the Marine Bureau.The Marine Bureau is situated on Great South Bay at the back of the Timber Point golf course on what used to be one of the biggest private estates on Long Island.

A veteran Suffolk County police officer can earn $100,000 a year. And even though Vincent has a degree in sociology and another in criminal science, joining the police force was the non plus ultra of his ambitions. "When I took the test, there were probably 20,000 people taking it at the same time. I probably took 35 different police tests, in and around the area, then out-of-state, in Connecticut and New Jersey "Like most Long Islanders, he was never far from the ocean "I grew up on the water My grandfather taught me to fish when I was seven or eight I had my first boat when I was 13.

I went clamming as a kid, did snorkelling and scuba diving, surfing, water-skiing." He was also a devoted fan of Sea Hunt, an old black-and-white television series about a scuba diver, played by Jeff Bridges Snr "I used to watch that show every week. And I remember thinking over and over: that's what I want to do one day." After five years working the 5th Precinct as a patrol officer, his childhood dream came true. Among the suburban communities that mushroomed out either side of the Long Island Expressway, being a cop was, and is, one of the most sought-after jobs there is. It offers security, benefits like medical insurance, and the highest salary of any police force in America. The name was pronounced Ter-mine not Ter-min-ay as it would be in Italy The family quickly acquired a strong local accent Vincent pronounced "huge" as "youdge" "Long Island" comes out as "Lawng Gisland" The family remained Catholic.