NEW CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police and their supporters have fired back against Rockland County Executive Ed Day’s proposal to trim 37 sheriff’s patrol deputies.

Day told CBS2’s Lou Young on Friday the division the deputies are in is poorly organized and inefficient.

“I find it a bit of a betrayal to the service,” said Day, himself a retired NYPD detective commander. “I find it a bit of a betrayal to the people of the county when you look under the hood and you find these things that are, frankly, I can describe as disturbing.”

The man who wrote the report recommending the changes is also standing firm, WCBS 880’s Sean Adams reported.