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Faced with the spring dissolution of the Northern Berks Regional force, Maidencreek Township supervisors have decided forming a new township police department is the best option for ensuring local coverage.
The board will begin interviewing candidates for the position of police chief next week, Township Manager Diane Hollenbach said this week.
The advertisement for the chiefâs position states the township of about 10,000 residents will create a department in early May with a staff of seven officers.
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Maidencreek has a little more than three months to arrange local police coverage because Northern Berks Regional Police Department, headquartered at the Ontelaunee Township building, will cease to exist May 10.
Facing dissolution of the Northern Berks Regional Police Department in the spring, the only member-municipality that opposed the breakup is proceeding with haste to develop a plan for alternative police coverage.
The Maidencreek Township supervisors are exploring contracting for coverage from Mount Penn-based Central Berks Regional Police Department as an alternative to establishing a department, township Manager Diane Hollenbach said last week.
Theyâve hired a consultant to study the costs of staffing, equipping and housing their own police department and recently spoke with Central Berks Chief Raymond Serafin about buying police coverage from his department.
- Advertisement - We have to make a decision relatively quickly, Hollenbach said.