More on Officer Secret

Hat tip to J.D. For the citation...

Don, The Ledger's discussion of Officer Secret is buried deep in the story on budget cuts. Here is the relevant section:

Town Board members agreed to send a letter to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Roelle requesting the district pay for some of Youth Officer Frank Secret’s salary. Officer Secret works out of the high school but is paid for by the town as a member of the police department.

Town Supervisor Edward Brancati and Mr. Pavalow did discuss the possibility of eliminating the youth officer position at the high school and having Officer Secret on the regular police patrol with the possibility of responding to the high school for any police calls there.

“He might better serve taxpayers in the community if he’s not dedicated to the schools,” said Mr. Pavalow, who preferred having him as an additional officer on patrol. “My reasoning is to have an extra officer out there.”

Mr. Brancati said he would also like to have Officer Secret on patrol but to replace the hours of an existing patrol officer in order to save the town money by effectively eliminating the position of youth officer without creating a new position elsewhere in the police department.

Mr. DeLucia did not want to take Officer Secret out of the schools, noting that this year’s senior class at the high school dedicated the yearbook to him.

“To me, I would never vote to take Frank out of school,” Mr. DeLucia said. “I think we avert a lot of things.”