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Lowville Village Board Formally Appoints Ortlieb as Chief of Police Following Successful Completion of Civil Service Exam

 

Published: September 23, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.

By: Nick Altmire

 

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Description automatically generatedLowville, NY- The Village of Lowville Board of Trustees unanimously voted to formally appoint Daryl Ortlieb as Chief of Police at the Lowville Police Department during their regular meeting on Wednesday, September 18.

 

Mr. Ortlieb has served in the position on a provisional basis since October 16, 2023, pending the successful completion of the Civil Service exam for Chief of Police. The exam was held in March, with Village officials recently receiving the results earlier this month to notify them of Mr. Ortlieb’s successful completion.

 

Mr. Ortlieb has over 20 years of experience in law enforcement, first joining the Lowville Police Department as a patrolman in 2001 after spending two years as a correction officer. He then joined the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy in 2007, eventually becoming the K9 handler, serving through 2015. He then served as the Officer in Charge at the Boonville Police Department. Mr. Ortlieb left Boonville in 2019 to rejoin the Lowville Police Department, where he served as a patrolman until his provisional appointment as Chief of Police last October.

 

Since taking over the department, Chief Ortlieb has worked through the support of the Village Board to fill vacant positions, update an aging fleet of vehicles, and modernizing equipment. In September of 2023 the Board of Trustees approved filling two full-time patrolman vacancies and the purchase of a new patrol vehicle. Both officers have since been hired. One has completed all training and required field time and has been a full-time patrolman since late July. The other is currently completing training at the police academy and will be ready to serve full-time by the end of the year. This will bring the agency to full staffing levels with three full-time patrolman and six part-timers, in addition to Chief Ortlieb and his Sargeant- Matt Martin, enabling the department to resume 24-hour coverage in the village.

 

Chief Ortlieb said he is pleased to see the progress made in obtaining the goal of providing full-time coverage in the village and expressed his thanks to the Board of Trustees for their support in the process.

 

 

Photo: Lowville Police Chief Daryl Ortlieb speaks with linkinglewiscounty.com on Friday, September 20, 2024 after being formally appointed to the role.

 

 

 

 

 

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