The Hyde Park Police Department: Cause for Concern

I believe that there is great concern for the future of the Hyde Park  Police department. Just a few years ago, I was in support of abolishing  the department completely and having the Sheriff’s department take over.  One of the many reasons for this attitude was the lack of leadership  that the department had. Both prevouios Chief’s McKenna and Goddard  failed to make the HP police department into a respectful entity of our  town. Not until Chief Broe came to the scene did the police department  actually gained support of the residents of HP. In a short time he took  the department and turned it around to a respectful department we see  today. I believe that this was done due to the fact that Chief Broe had  no association with the HP police department prior to becoming Chief.  He had no political influence in this town and did not know anyone on  the force to give them any kind of special treatment. I find it  disturbing that there is talk of bringing back previous Chiefs to run  the department again. I also find it disturbing that Goddard officially  retired than turned around and sued the town for wrongful termination. I  find it disturbing that Truitt retired shortly after Goddard  demonstrating that their relationship is probably closer than  professional and spoke out against the town board at the time in Godards  behalf. I find it disturbing that Truitt, Goddard and McKenna all now  work for the Village of Fishkill and are all looking to get their foot  back in the door.  Goddard is their Lt. and Truitt is now on the Town  Board and has the power to hire these men back.  This sounds like a  conflict of interest and a case of favoritism to friends of politicians.  These men left the Police force for a reason and should not be brought  back due to the fact due to the fact that there is hard proof that both  these men neglected their duties  and have developed personal  relationships with the entire department making it difficult to be a  commanding officer. I truly believe that if Truitt is responsible for  this band wagon that he should step down from his political position  because he not looking out for best interest of the town but rather the  best interest of his current friends and boss.