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A Coram man is accused of posing as a police officer on more than one occasion.

Police say they are looking for more possible victims.

Police say 37-year-old David Olivari is a real New York state corrections officer.

But they say on two different occasions last month he pretended he was a police officer and pulled over two different women in Suffolk County.

They say he was driving a dark colored car, and has flashing lights on his dashboard.

During one of the stops, on the Long Island Expressway Service Road in Ronkonkoma, Olivari took

News 12 Long Island

Suffolk Republicans, victim advocates and taxi and limousine companies called Thursday forSuffolk County to block ride-hailing services until the state prevents all registered sex offendersfrom driving for these services.

A bill introduced by Legis. Leslie Kennedy (R-Nesconset) would stop companies such as Uber andLyft from operating in the county because state law allows level-one sex offenders, the lowesttier, to drive for a ride-hailing service seven years after a conviction or completion of a prisonsentence.

Level two and level three sex offenders are not allowed to drive for the services

Eyewitness News

6/15/17

A proposed bill would allow Suffolk County to opt out of ride sharing until the state addressesthe issue of level one sex offenders being allowed to drive for ride sharing services, like Uberand Lyft, if their convictions were more than seven years ago.

There is strong support for the bill from Suffolk County legislators and Parents with Megan’sLaw.

They held a press conference Thursday.

Our issue is not with Uber, Lyft. The law has a loophole and that loophole has to be fixed inorder for our community to be safe, said Laura

rnThe New York Times/Michael Schwirtzrnrn Two trailers in this wealthy beach town stand as testament to an increasingly intractablernproblem for localities across the country: where to let sex offenders live after prison. About 40rnsex offenders in all are living in the trailers in Southampton within walking distance of arnretirement community and the other is in the parking lot of a prison.  A bus service financedrnby the county transports the men between the trailers and pickup points, including train stations,rnin Suffolk.  County Executive Steve Bellone, had vowed to remove the trailers

Newsday/Paul Larocco

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is pressing lawmakers to act Tuesday on an emergencybill requiring more aggressive monitoring of the county’s 1,106 convicted sex offenders.  Heplans to seek a certificate of necessity, which bypasses the committee process and publichearings that require advance notice.  Suffolk police would contract with Parents for Megan’sLaw, a nonprofit that seeks to prevent child sexual abuse to step up enforcement of requirementsthat convicted sex offenders accurately register their current addresses with police.  Bellonealso will close trailers on the East End that house 38 homeless

The New York Times/Michael Schwirtz

Two trailers in this wealthy beach town stand as testament to an increasingly intractableproblem for localities across the country: where to let sex offenders live after prison. About 40sex offenders in all are living in the trailers in Southampton within walking distance of aretirement community and the other is in the parking lot of a prison.  A bus service financedby the county transports the men between the trailers and pickup points, including train stations,in Suffolk.  County Executive Steve Bellone, had vowed to remove the trailers