Jason Finn retired a week or two ago. Rodney Waithe retired 8 months ago. I've heard nothing about Detective Meister retiring, and I know nothing about him. I do know that (former) Officer John Merante was promoted to detective in March of this year, 5 months ago.
Yesterday, from the looks of the HPD facebook page (ugh!), Nicholas Pierro was "appointed" to the position of Detective Sargeant, and Christopher Duntz was "appointed" to the position of Detective. Duntz, I believe, was an officer before rising to the rank of Detective. (Wouldn't he have been promoted to detective, rather than appointed?)
Isn't Nicholas Pierro the Fire Department representative that usually gives the monthly Fire Department reports at the Informal Council meetings? According to public records, someone working at HPD with the last name of Pierro had an annual salary of $94,000 last year. What was his rank and duty at HPD before being "appointed" the top detective? His profile on the Hudson Fire Department website (not the city webpage, where he is not mentioned) claims that he is the First Assistant Fire Chief and a "full time Police Detective," though he is not on the current HPD list of detectives (which is obviously in need of updating). Are there detectives at HPD whom they do not reveal? Secret detectives?
Jason Finn, the now retired detective, made over $104,000 last year.
On a slight tangent, I found out today that the DPW employee who is in charge of maintenance, who drives around in the van with the Youth Department logo, will be retiring in May of next year after 23 years of doing maintenance of our parks and a whole lot more that requires regular attention ("42 areas," according to him). He's the big, friendly guy with the horseshoe mustache. Also, the DPW Foreman Ronnie Gaylord, another big and friendly one and second in command at DPW, is also planning on retiring in May. Both of these civil servants, in my estimation, are going to be sorely missed and difficult, if not impossible, to replace.
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