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Article: Baileyville cuts police job, crafts tighter budget
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- February 20, 2009
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BAILEYVILLE - The town is tightening its belt in the face of
serious budget woes, including cutting a full-time police officer's
position.
The Baileyville Police Department has four full-time officers,
including a chief and six part-time officers.
At a budget meeting last week, the Town Council decided to
eliminate one patrol officer's salary from the proposed 2009-10
municipal budget.
Dottie Johnson, chairman of the Town Council, said Wednesday the
councilors made the cut after they learned that one of their police
officers planned to take a job with the Washington County Sheriff's
Department. The officer isn't expected to leave Baileyville until
sometime in May.
"We have taken the money ...