Greensburg City Council to vote on adding police officers
Greensburg City Council will vote Monday on whether to hire two new police officers, bringing the department to full strength for the first time in years.
The department has recommended hiring Kenneth Burke and Frank Tempo, who have completed the necessary testing and background checks. If approved, both will be sworn in at Monday's council meeting.
Burke is a sergeant with the Ligonier Borough Police Department, and Tempo is a patrolman with the Latrobe Police Department. Both would join the Greensburg department as patrolmen.
The contract between the police union and city mandates a staff of 27 officers. However, a 2011 agreement left one vacancy unfilled to save money.
That agreement expired at the end of 2015, just as many officers started retiring from the force.
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