The Republican says he has appointed Charles Woody Jr. as Director of Community Outreach and Recruitment.
Photo courtesy Binghamton Mayor s office
The $65,000 a year full-time job is a new position created to help diversify the police force.
In a news release from the Mayor s Office, the job is described as a position to enhance community connections and recruitment efforts to increase the number of individuals taking the annual civil service police officer exam, with a focus on reaching underrepresented demographics in policing personnel.
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Woody started with the Binghamton Police Department in 1998 and has been a patrolman, investigator and crime analyst. His resume also includes: teacher at the Civilian Police Academy, recruitment and board member of the Binghamton Boys and Girls Clubs of Binghamton.
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Liberty Press office, an abolition newspaper, burned under suspicious circumstances, putting him out of the publishing business.
Hussey and his wife, Sarah, were Quakers. They came to Battle Creek in 1838 and opened a general store. By 1840, they were conductors on the Underground Railroad, hiding escaping slaves in their home, and getting them to the next stop in Marshall.
Erastus Hussey -Willard Library
Hussey went into politics in 1846 or at least tried to. He for the U.S. House of Representatives on the abolitionist Michigan Liberty Party ticket. He lost the election, but only became more determined to fight against slavery. In 1848, Hussey began to publish the Michigan Liberty Press, with the motto “Eternal enmity to all kinds of oppression.” He wasn’t in business for long.
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