Frankford faced with decision on police department's future
Frankford Police Chief Laurence Corrigan told the Frankford Town Council last week at a meeting regarding the Town’s budget that he needs more police officers in order to properly patrol the town.
“I’m begging for more police, here,” Corrigan said. “I don’t know how you’re going to do it, but I’m asking for it.
“This has been by far the busiest month since I’ve been here,” he said. “We’ve had robberies, child-abuse cases, burglaries, a murder in town... My officer’s out on a child-abuse case now, and has been since 9 a.m.,” Corrigan said during the meeting, around 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 27.
Corrigan then expressed frustration with the amount of work he and his only other officer, parti-time officer Anthony Valenti, are shouldering.
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