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Butler Twp. to Keep Full Time Police Force

Butler Twp. to Keep Full Time Police Force - Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:52PM EST

Reported by: Jill Konopka
Saturday, Aug 16, 2008 @ 10:52pm EST
BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY- A Butler Township Supervisor says he has had a change of heart. Saturday he promised no pink slip for his town's police department.

Butler Township Supervisor Ransom Young says he made a mistake. Last Wednesday Young suggested taking the police department from full to part time.

The move was to balance the budget and repair roads. Today, he said he was wrong. “We are not as financially distressed as we thought we were so at a waste water meeting I'll make a motion to rescind the motion for full to part time,” he told Eyewitness News.

Butler Township Police will continue to provide 24-hour a day service to the 36-square mile area in southern Luzerne County.