LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - TDR MODIFIED CLASS (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) item
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	4	6	6	17
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 285	$ 2,819	$ 582	$ 3,558
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	3	2	4	13
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 150	$ 513	$ 359	$ 1,252
Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item		4	1	4
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $		$ 2,306	$ 88	$ 2,306
Home equity lines of credit
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans with payment default \| item	1		1
Recorded Investment with payment default \| $	$ 135		$ 135

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953682-111524

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