The swearing in ceremony is still a day away, but already Mayor Harry Tutunjian's selection of Troy's next top cop is stirring up more than its share of controversy in City Hall. That's where we found our Solomon Syed after a heated council committee meeting Wednesday.

TROY, N.Y. -- John Tedesco was officially introduced to the media Wednesday afternoon as Troy's new police chief, immediately laying out his plans to overhaul the department's special units to put more officers out on patrol as part of the city's community policing initiative.

But only hours later, that proposal was met with backlash at the city council's public safety committee meeting. PBA President John Fitzgerald accused both the Mayor Harry Tutunjian and Chief Tedesco of reorganizing the special narcotics unit as retribution for their conducting an investigation into alleged drug use among city hall employees.

Neither Tedesco nor Tutunjian would confirm or deny that any investigation had taken place or is taking place. But after the meeting, the mayor insinuated that Fitzgerald is making those accusations because of the city's attempt to cut police overtime pay.

"I'm not gonna reveal things as you did tonight, improperly, when you brought out an investigation that you may be a part of. And that's not right. You could be putting people at risk, you could be putting informants at risk," said Tutunjian.

"We're more concerned with the overtime here. But we're still not going to say if we're aware of what's going on here. And it's divulged to me from Deputy Mayor Dan Crowley told me that the investigation is out there. And it was very active," said Fitzgerald said.

"Alleged investigation. I'm not aware that there is an investigation," Tutunjian said.

Despite the night's heated exchange, Mayor Tutunjian plans to swear Tedesco in Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.

Tedesco says he still plans to move forward with his community policing strategies over the coming weeks.