Pennridge Regional Police s new chief is no stranger to Upper Bucks.
Coming from South Whitehall Township Police in Lehigh County, Paul Dickinson, a 1998 Pennridge High School graduate, took the reigns from retiring Chief Rodney Blake at the beginning of May.
“He really gave me a good groundwork as to how to move forward, Dickinson said.
The new chief s last name should be familiar to some longtime Upper Bucks residents.
His father, Tim Dickinson, was once the chief of Perkasie Police. He left there in 2005 to be the chief at Towamencin Township, Montgomery County. He retired in the beginning of 2021.
The younger Dickinson, now chief of the department that serves East Rockhill and West Rockhill, said he is currently getting used to how things are done at the 13-officer department.