Brockport officials accept policeman's resignation, hire another

Brockport officials accept
policeman's resignation, hire another

The resignation of Sergeant Douglas Ziegler was accepted with regrets.

At the July 16 Village of Brockport board meeting, Police Chief Dan Varrenti read a letter of resignation submitted by Ziegler on July 13 with an effective date of July 29. Ziegler is leaving his post with the police department to pursue retirement, even though he will likely come back to the department in a part time capacity, Varrenti said.

"With Sergeant Ziegler gone, we will be down to only 10 full time officers and I have a resolution here to hire Lucan VanDervort (currently a part time officer with Brockport) as a full time officer," Varrenti said. "We will have no expense for hiring him, but if we look outside our part time officers for a replacement, the expenses for hiring a new officer will be $18,000 (for testing, training and outfitting)."

Varrenti requested the hiring of VanDervort, taking him from a part time to a full time officer to fill the slot that will be vacated by Ziegler. The hiring of VanDervort was approved by a vote of three to two.