DRYDEN, N.Y., April 3 -- Tompkins Cortland Community College issued the following news release:
Jamie Pastorello has been thanked by the governor and members of congress, featured on national network news, and honored repeatedly for his work as an officer in the Syracuse Police Department. He has saved lives with his actions and has been a prime example of the positive impact a compassionate police officer can have in their community.
And while he might be a model police officer now, he wasn't always a model student.
"I got what I like to call a four-year two-year degree," he likes to say. "Early on I wasn't a good student because I didn't take college seriously." But fortunately for him at the time, and the public he serves now, his pro...