Here is something for Mount Kisco Residents to Think of to Save Our Police Department

                                                                                       TWO QUESTIONS WHICH THE MAYOR FAILS TO ANSWER THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH OBJECTIVES THAT WILL MAKE MOUNT KISCO SAFER ARE THE TRAINING OF AUXILLARY POLICE OFFICERS AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY AND LESS COSTLY, WOULD BE TO SUPPLEMENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE NOW BY HIRING PART-TIME POLICE OFFICERS; THAT’S RIGHT, PART-TIME POLICE OFFICERS. THESE WOULD BE RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS, FULLY TRAINED WHO HAVE SERVED 20 OR 30 YEARS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, NOT ONLY IN WESTCHESTER, BUT IN THE ENTIRE STATE. THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY.  AGAIN THIS IS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT - NOT DISBAND THEM - AS THE CURRENT MAYOR WANTS TO DO.

YOU CAN LOOK AT NORTH AND SOUTH SALEM, SOMERS, RED HOOK IN DUCHESS COUNTY, NEW PALTZ, AND MANY OTHERS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE PART-TIME POLICE OFFICERS. MANY DEPARTMENTS ALSO SUPPLEMENT MANY OF THE CLERICAL DUTIES TO PART-TIME CIVILIANS. CONSIDERING OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT’S CONSTRAINTS AND MINIMAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES, THIS MAY WELL BE AN ANSWER TO THE ISSUE OF DISBANDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.