Nassau County will allow cops to wear face masks for ICE raids, undercover work: ‘We have their back’

Nassau County will allow cops to wear face masks for ICE raids, undercover work: ‘We have their back’

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has carved out a key exemption to the county’s controversial mask ban — allowing local cops involved in ICE raids and working undercover to still wear face coverings.

Blakeman signs executive order allowing police to wear masks while working a year after banning mask wearing in county

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issued an executive order on Friday allowing law enforcement officers to officially wear masks while working.  “Today, I am issuing an executive order making it clear that federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, while carrying out specific operations pursuant to the policies and procedures of their respective agencies or departments, with the approval of their supervisor, may wear masks or face …