July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Mock joins force (2/24/05)
Portland resident is new police officer
By By Rachelle Haughn-
A Portland man has been named as the new full-time Portland police officer.
Dustin L. Mock, 23, 105 Dogwood Lane, was selected by the Portland Board of Works this morning. He will be a patrolman.
Mock has worked for the police department as a reserve officer and a part-time dispatcher for about a year.
He was hired to fill a position left vacant by the resignation of two officers in the past two months, including officer Robert Myers, who resigned on Friday.
Mock is a 1999 graduate of Jay County High School. He plans to graduate this summer with an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Ivy Tech State College.
He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Gabriel, 5, and Cameron, 3.
Portland Police Chief Bob Sours said Mock will probably begin working for the department March 25. He will attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy for 16 weeks of training sometime this year.
In other business, the board approved the renewal of the Waste Management contract to provide recycling pick up in Portland.
The $86,400 annual contract will be up for renewal on Jan. 31, 2006.
That amount remains the same as the current contract, which expired Feb. 1.
Before the board voted, Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier said he and Portland Street and Park Department Superintendent Jeff Harker met with Waste Management officials about 10 days ago. He said the issues the city had with the company have been worked out.
At a previous board of works meeting, board members were concerned the company was using smaller trucks to collect the recycling than Waste Management had originally told the city it would use. Also, the board was concerned that three days per week wasn’t enough time to collect all of the recycling.
Hosier said Waste Management officials told him bigger trucks for recycling collection had been purchased and one of them will be used in Portland.
In regards to the collection schedule, Hosier said the recycling will still be picked up three days a week. However, the city will continue to evaluate the need to change back to five days.
“Waste Management has been responsive to our concerns,” Hosier said after the meeting.
Collection was changed to three days at the end of the summer of 2004, Hosier said. At the time, the company said it could continue to provide the same level of service in three days as it could in five days. The city agreed to the change as long as the high level of service continued.[[In-content Ad]]
Dustin L. Mock, 23, 105 Dogwood Lane, was selected by the Portland Board of Works this morning. He will be a patrolman.
Mock has worked for the police department as a reserve officer and a part-time dispatcher for about a year.
He was hired to fill a position left vacant by the resignation of two officers in the past two months, including officer Robert Myers, who resigned on Friday.
Mock is a 1999 graduate of Jay County High School. He plans to graduate this summer with an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Ivy Tech State College.
He and his wife, Heather, have two children, Gabriel, 5, and Cameron, 3.
Portland Police Chief Bob Sours said Mock will probably begin working for the department March 25. He will attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy for 16 weeks of training sometime this year.
In other business, the board approved the renewal of the Waste Management contract to provide recycling pick up in Portland.
The $86,400 annual contract will be up for renewal on Jan. 31, 2006.
That amount remains the same as the current contract, which expired Feb. 1.
Before the board voted, Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier said he and Portland Street and Park Department Superintendent Jeff Harker met with Waste Management officials about 10 days ago. He said the issues the city had with the company have been worked out.
At a previous board of works meeting, board members were concerned the company was using smaller trucks to collect the recycling than Waste Management had originally told the city it would use. Also, the board was concerned that three days per week wasn’t enough time to collect all of the recycling.
Hosier said Waste Management officials told him bigger trucks for recycling collection had been purchased and one of them will be used in Portland.
In regards to the collection schedule, Hosier said the recycling will still be picked up three days a week. However, the city will continue to evaluate the need to change back to five days.
“Waste Management has been responsive to our concerns,” Hosier said after the meeting.
Collection was changed to three days at the end of the summer of 2004, Hosier said. At the time, the company said it could continue to provide the same level of service in three days as it could in five days. The city agreed to the change as long as the high level of service continued.[[In-content Ad]]
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