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Middle School gets its own resource officer
Two new police officers were introduced, two received new positions and one received a promotion Tuesday night at the Yorktown Town Board meeting.
A large contingent of family members and fellow officers were on hand to witness the appointment ceremony, which was led by Yorktown Police Chief Daniel McMahon.
Officer Brian Shanahan, who has worked as a school resource officer at Yorktown High School since 2005, was promoted to detective, and will continue his career in the department’s detective division.
McMahon praised Shanahan’s work to keep children safe, and cited the two lifesaver awards and a meritorious police service award he had received, as well as his work as an executive board member for the Alliance for Safe Kids and his Internet safety course, which he has presented at two national conferences.
“I know Detective Shanahan’s enthusiasm to help others will continue in his new position in the detective division,” McMahon said.
Taking Shanahan’s place at Yorktown High School’s student resource officer will be Officer Tommy Nadoraski, a veteran officer who joined Yorktown’s force two and a half years ago after 17 years in the Albany police force.
This year Yorktown Central Schools will have not one, but two school resource officers. Officer Brian Mundy, a four-year police officer who spent a year with the New York Police Department, will serve at the Mildred E. Strang Middle School.
“The best officers are the school recourse officers, because they are our ambassadors from the Yorktown Police Department,” McMahon said. “The current officers who are assigned that duty have done an excellent job and the rapport with the students and the school district is excellent.”
Two new officers were also appointed to the Yorktown Police Department Tuesday.
Angel Garcia, a six-year veteran of the Air Force where he served as a military police officer, was named to the force as an officer. Garcia is a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and formerly served as an officer in the Ossining Police Department.
Anthony DiPietrantonio, a 22-year-old graduate of Yorktown High School and Castleton State College in Vermont, was also named an officer in the force. DiPietrantonio was formerly employed by the Yorktown schools as a substitute teacher.
In other news:
* Robert Carroll was named to the town conservation board, while Lois White and Joan Landzberg were named to the library board.
* Roberta Van Etten, co-chair of the town conservation board, received a certificate of appreciation from the town for her years of service.
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