About 400 elementary- and middle-school students taking part in the Shenendehowa Inventors program will display their inventions at the former Cotton Market store at Clifton Park Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Actual what it meant was that Police Agencies answer via the Police Chief (or Commish) to a Town Supervisor or Village/City Mayor. Because a SPCA is a private non profit corporation it does not answer to a gov't official but a board of directors. Because it is a charity it is highly overseen by the NYS Attorney General Charity Bureau (for day to day operations and fundraising) and the NYS Div of Criminal Justice Services for police training and management.
I think the point of that comment was to just point out that a Police Officer in Scotia answers to the village board and the mayor while a SPCA officer does not (they answer to a not for profit board of directors). Also, since the SPCA officers are volunteers normal work place rules dont apply (they are not working they are volunteering) so anybody can get "fired" for any reason. Unlike in a police dept where you have union contracts, civil service rules, etc etc (again no gov't oversight in a SPCA).
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Actual what it meant was that Police Agencies answer via the Police Chief (or Commish) to a Town Supervisor or Village/City Mayor. Because a SPCA is a private non profit corporation it does not answer to a gov't official but a board of directors. Because it is a charity it is highly overseen by the NYS Attorney General Charity Bureau (for day to day operations and fundraising) and the NYS Div of Criminal Justice Services for police training and management.
I think the point of that comment was to just point out that a Police Officer in Scotia answers to the village board and the mayor while a SPCA officer does not (they answer to a not for profit board of directors). Also, since the SPCA officers are volunteers normal work place rules dont apply (they are not working they are volunteering) so anybody can get "fired" for any reason. Unlike in a police dept where you have union contracts, civil service rules, etc etc (again no gov't oversight in a SPCA).
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