Few people can remember a time when ben was not a deputy in the white plains county sheriff’s department. He was a deputy for sheriff Greer Moffat’s father for 30 years, continuing right on through with the second-generation sheriff Moffat. Though there is likely nothing he would not do for Greer, he is an example of the need for an adjective like, “cantankerous.” unintentionally comic, sarcastic, caustic; a combination perfect to mask a kind heart.