'I take full responsibility for all the misunderstandings and confusion this has caused our Town,' Yorktown Town Marshal said in a statement. 'I made this decision in good faith for our residents and in no shape or form had ill intent.'
YORKTOWN — The Yorktown Town Marshal on Thursday said the Police Department will continue to participate in the Delaware County SWAT team after previously indicating it would withdraw.
"I take full responsibility for all the misunderstandings and confusion this has caused our Town. In my preliminary conversation with the ISP commander, I had thought I understood that he could have a SWAT team here within 30 minutes but, as has now become clear through him, I was wrong. I made this decision in good faith for our residents and in no shape or form had ill intent," Ginnan wrote.
"Due to a current officer shortage it was imperative that we not weaken our current responsiveness or burden our remaining force with additional duties and expenses so long as we could do so without opening our residents to undue risk," Ginnan wrote in the post. "'When an officer violates the public's trust, it damages the entire agency and takes us time to repair or reputation and rebuilt trust.' I used
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