A new slate of police officers and a dispatcher are moving into position at the Ocean Ridge Police Department, following the latest retirement of department mainstay Officer Doc Darville.
“I hope everyone works at keeping it a small town,” Darville told commissioners early in October, as well as, “It’s nice to know that when you’re working with other officers, they’ll be there to back you up. Thank you to everyone for being who you are.”
The new personnel fill vacancies left by retirements of Darville on Oct. 25, Sgt. Dan Tinfina on Aug. 31 and Dispatcher Jeanne Zuidema in May.
Sgt. Bob McAllister was promoted into Tinfina’s spot.
Payne, who started work effective Oct. 4, started his career at the Emerald Isle (N.C.) Police Department in 1986 and subsequently served several other departments. He joined the Riviera Beach Police Department in 1996, rising to the rank of lieutenant before his retirement in September 2011.
Roy has been in law enforcement since February 1990. He has worked with the Parkland Police Department, the Seminole Tribe Department of Police and the city of Greenacres, where he became a captain in Uniform Services. Roy will begin working in the Ocean Ridge Police Department Nov. 7.
Darville figuratively passed to Roy the cache of dog biscuits the former kept for the pooches he encountered throughout his work travels. Roy said of his hiring on with the ORPD: “I’m ecstatic.”
Alfonso began her dispatch career in Harvard, Ill., in 2006 and also has worked for the Denison, Texas, Police Department.
The starting salary for the officers is $47,953 and the dispatcher, $34,777.
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