CREDIT QUALITY ASSESSMENT (Troubled Debt Restructured Loans for Specific Segments of the Loan Portfolio) (Detail) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	$ 600,000	$ 1,900,000
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	549,000	1,243,000
Restructured non-accruing	21,000	639,000
Balance	570,000	1,882,000
Specific allowance	60,000	452,000
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	42,000	1,003,000
Restructured non-accruing	21,000	0
Balance	63,000	1,003,000
Specific allowance	60,000	303,000
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Troubled Debt Restructuring \| All Other
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	0
Restructured non-accruing	0	0
Balance	0	0
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Acquisition, Development and Construction
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	0
Restructured non-accruing	0	0
Balance	0	0
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Investor Real Estate
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	0
Restructured non-accruing	0	0
Balance	0	0
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Owner Occupied Real Estate
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	507,000	240,000
Restructured non-accruing	0	639,000
Balance	507,000	879,000
Specific allowance	0	149,000
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	$ 0	$ 0

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