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Ax for LI commish over slay probe

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The top Long Island cop overseeing the serial-killings probe has bungled the case so badly that his boss is kicking him to the curb, The Post has learned.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is furious with Police Commissioner Richard Dormer for publicly releasing crucial details of the investigation that only the murderer would know, a police source said.

“Levy’s upset, [Dormer] gave out too much information about the burlap bags, that the victims were all on Craigslist, that they were prostitutes,” the source said. “[Dormer] embarrassed the department.”

Dormer was given about a month to clean out his desk — and has wasted no time trying to land a new job.

The source said Dormer called Dowling College in Oakdale, LI, inquiring about a security position.

Levy released a statement that said, “Rich Dormer is the best police commissioner Suffolk County has ever had as evidenced by the reduction in total crime of over 20 percent during our mutual tenure.”

Levy spokesman Mark Smith added, “[Levy] has not asked [Dormer] to resign. He’s extraordinarily happy with . . . his work.”

Levy himself is out of a job when his term ends on Dec. 31.

“I’m not surprised to hear that anyone in the administration might be interviewing for positions after Dec. 31st,” Levy said in his statement.

Dormer didn’t return a call or e-mail seeking comment. A Dowling spokeswoman said there was no top security job currently open.

But the source said Dormer approached the school to ask about any potential position, not necessarily the top spot.

The remains of up to 10 bodies have been found since December on a remote barrier island straddling the Suffolk and Nassau South Shore. Cops suspect one or more serial killers.

Four victims were identified as call girls who advertised on Craigslist. They had been strangled and their bodies wrapped in burlap sacks.

The FBI said yesterday they expect that FBI high-resolution burial-ground photography from an airplane to be delivered to county cops this week.

The results of secret imaging technology from a Black Hawk helicopter will take longer.

Additional reporting by Kieran Crowley

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