Jeff Frayler
Hall of Fame
Just because an arbitrator recently awarded Frayler and the county’s beat cops a raise—despite Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s protests—doesn’t mean he’s done trading barbs with the administration. Frayler had been in attack mode ever since Levy took office, although the feud reached fever pitch when Levy ordered the Suffolk County Sheriff’s office to take over for the Highway Patrol. Lately, Levy has suggested that efforts by Suffolk County lawmakers to remove Police Commissioner Richard Dormer (whom Frayler has long criticized as being Levy’s pawn) are being motivated by PBA interests—charges legislators deny. Regardless of whether Frayler is behind the proposal to fire the commissioner, just the fact that the issues he has been championing all these years are now taking the main stage puts him in a powerful position.
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2010