MONTICELLO – The Monticello Police Department often responds to calls outside the village limits, so the village board wants to explore replacing the existing department with a police district.
Mayor George Nikolados said it could translate into additional funds for the village.
“We are in a position where we have a quarter of our police force is going into an area that is not within our jurisdiction, that we are not collecting any taxes for. So, we would like to look at the option of maybe creating a police district in that area, so it would serve more than the village and would only tax the people within the district – the casino, the big block stores on Route 42 and that sort of thing,” he said.
Mayor Nikolados said state legislation would be needed to make the switch.
If approved, the additional funding gained through the district could provide the resources to hire more police officers, he said.
