SOUTH HEIDELBERG TWP., Pa. â The South Heidelberg Township Police Department has now been patrolling the streets of Robesonia, Wernersville and Heidelberg Township for nearly a year â a long and difficult year. We ve been dealing with the COVID virus outbreak and dealing with that, said Chief Leon Grim, so there s definitely been a lot of challenges for a first-year police department, not only to absorb the extra coverage area, but as well deal with all these issues.
The department brought on five new officers â three of them veteran officers. With the COVID situation, we had a couple incidents where the response time was critical, and if we wouldn t have had the 24/7 coverage, I think the situation would have ended badly, said David Randler, the chairman of Heidelberg Township s board of supervisors.
SOUTH HEIDELBERG TWP., Pa. â The South Heidelberg Township Police Department has now been patrolling the streets of Robesonia, Wernersville and Heidelberg Township for nearly a year â a long and difficult year. We ve been dealing with the COVID virus outbreak and dealing with that, said Chief Leon Grim, so there s definitely been a lot of challenges for a first-year police department, not only to absorb the extra coverage area, but as well deal with all these issues.
The department brought on five new officers â three of them veteran officers. With the COVID situation, we had a couple incidents where the response time was critical, and if we wouldn t have had the 24/7 coverage, I think the situation would have ended badly, said David Randler, the chairman of Heidelberg Township s board of supervisors.
Robesonia was the center of a Christmas party Saturday in western Berks County out on Route 422.Â
From 2 to 4 p.m. there was a food giveaway with Santa and Mrs. Claus and their elves supervising and handing out candy to all the children in the Community Cares Christmas. This event was for everyone, said co-organizer Kevin Snyder. Those who needed a meal, those who appreciate a free meal, those that wanted to see Santa and those that wanted to help us continue to show that our community cares. We gave out over 430 hams, 1,700 cans of vegetables, 700 boxes of stuffing, 300 pounds of peanut butter cups, 1,000 candy canes and 800 special treats from Santa.