Treat people right. On the command staff, we get a chance to talk to every new recruit when they come in. And my advice is always, whenever you are dealing with people, you treat them like family or like you would want to be treated in the same situation, said Scally, who will retire later this week as a police captain after 43 years and 43 days on the job. As long as you do that, you ll never have a problem on this job.
Based on a review of the city s existing records, the department believes Scally is the longest serving police officer in its history, said police spokeswoman Amy Dotson. The state mandates retirement at age 65 for officers.
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Police departments in Philadelphia are struggling to make ends meet when it comes to staffing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday.
Since the beginning of the year, 79 Philadelphia police officers have been accepted into the Deferred Retirement Option program, which means that they intend to retire in the next four years, according to The Philidelphia Inquirer. During the same time period last year, 13 officers had enrolled in the program.
“It’s the perfect storm. We are anticipating that the department is going to be understaffed by several hundred members because hundreds of guys are either retiring or taking other jobs and leaving the department,” said Mike Neilon, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police.
Mar 10, 2021
NEWTON TOWNSHIP Fire crews from five companies battled a fire at a vacant house Tuesday night the township.
The home on Woodland Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue was vacant, according to joint fire district Chief Doug Theobald, and was a total loss.
The call came about 11 p.m. and firefighters were there about three hours, Theobald said. The house was valued about $10,000.
Crews from Lordstown, Paris Township, Braceville and Milton Township provided mutual aid, Theobald said.
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Officer Emmaline Waid sustained minor injuries in the crash, which took place about 6:30 a.m. Feb. 17 at the McDonald s restaurant at 627 N. Western Ave.
Toward the end of her shift that day, Waid was responding to an officer-aid call about 2½ miles away. In a 30 mph zone, Waid was driving about 50 mph north on Western Avenue when her squad car slid on snow-covered pavement after she braked to avoid colliding with another vehicle, according to police reports. We don t always drive the speed limit when we re going to calls, interim Chief Doug Theobald told the Journal Star. You just hope they re being as safe as they can about it. That being said, a lot of things are taken into consideration.