Police Academy Funds Aid Persons Of Color In Becoming Officers - West Chester, PA - Brian Woodard got a scholarship for Police Academy training, in Chesco's effort to diversify law enforcement after 2020 BLM protests here.
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June 3, 2021
In the year following the march by 4,000 people to the Historic Chester County Courthouse for a June 4, 2020 Black Lives Matter rally, positive changes continue. Brian Woodard is experiencing that change, as the second recipient of a Municipal Police Academy scholarship – a program created as a result of the march and that focuses on diversifying law enforcement in Chester County.
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Woodard, a graduate of Philadelphia s Franklin Learning Center and father of two sons, has been accepted at Delaware County Community College s Municipal Police Academy and begins its full-time course this July. He said he has always wanted to become a law enforcement officer and currently works in security for the Phoenixville Area School District.
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WEST CHESTER, PA Three candidates were vying to step into the role Rep. Diane Herrin (D-156th) vacated in 2020 as the former West Chester Borough Mayor Herrin became a state legislator.
The winner in the Primary Election is Lillian Debaptiste, according to Chester County officials.
The candidates were current Interim Mayor Jordan Norley, Kyle Hudson, and Lillian Debaptiste, with no one on the Republican ballot.
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Norley had been appointed as interim mayor in Herrin s absence, his second time with the interim mayor title. He also stepped in as interim mayor in 2017. He s served on West Chester Borough Council and was council president from 2014-16.
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The number of Philadephia police officers filing for early retirement is already six times higher than all of last year. In New York, more than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020, a 75 percent jump from the year before.
Amid the national debate over the deadly use of force and growing calls for police reform, police departments are struggling to attract and retain law enforcement members. That includes the Delaware Valley. Union leaders and police officials tell Delaware Valley Journal the state of recruiting across the region and the nation is in crisis mode.
UpdatedMon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:26 pm ET
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Recent rises in firearm permits are cause for concern and the sheriff s office in Chester County offers gun locks to prevent tragic accidents. (Shutterstock)
COATESVILLE, PA On a weekend when love is in the air, the Chester County Sheriff s Office and Coatesville Center for Community Health are launching a campaign about the care and protection of children.
Chester County Sheriff s Office (CCSO) and Coatesville Center for Community Health (CCCH) Lock it for Love initiative sends the message: lock your guns.
From October 2020 to the end of December, the number of background checks for firearm permits in Pennsylvania which ties closely to the number of gun sales was the highest on record, Pennsylvania State Police reported in January. Firearm permits in the quarter from July 2020 through September had also broken previous records.