Orangetown hires Spanish-speaking cop
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Orangetown has hired its first certified Spanish-speaking police officer and has plans to hire a second. The town has been criticized for the past few years for being the only town police force without a Spanish-speaking officer.
Police Chief Kevin Nulty said he had been unable to hire a police officer who speaks the language because of town policy, which dictates that police officers must live in Orangetown at the time they’re hired. There were no Spanish speakers on the town list, Nutly said. On Monday, the Town Board passed a resolution allowing the hiring of an officer from the county’s Spanish-speaking list, which includes candidates from other towns.
For more on this story, read Orangetown hires first Spanish-speaking police officer.
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on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 11:50 am by Hannan Adely. 
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So does this mean when you call the police station you will here, dial 1 for english????
its a sad day in civil service history when we establish and use separate list inhiring people for civil service positions, Didnt we learn from Martin Luther King Days that separate but equal didn’t work out fairly? we cant have it both ways people