Bedford Borough is looking to fill a vacant full-time police officer position.
Police Chief Craig Bowman requested approval to advertise for the vacancy during borough councilâs meeting Monday night.
The vacancy comes from the resignation of Officer Matthew Haight.
Bowman said the job will be advertised for two weeks. Applicants are required to have Act 120 clearances and will undergo a written test, physical agility test, medical examination, psychological examination and a background check.
Bowman said he would expect to fill the role within two months. The Bedford Police Department currently has four full-time officers and three part-time officers.
In separate action, Borough Manager Barbara Diehl updated council on salt usage during the winter months.
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A 42-year-old woman was arrested late Tuesday by Murrysville police, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after, police say, she cut a man with a knife during an argument, according to court records.
Samantha Dawn Nichols of Mt. Pleasant was arrested after the 11 p.m. incident at the man’s residence in Murrysville on Carousel Drive, according to court documents.
The 49-year-old man was transported by Murrysville Medic One ambulance to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville for treatment of a laceration on his right forearm and a puncture wound to his left hand, according to police Officer Matthew Mastorovich.
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BATON ROUGE, LA. Apparently, attacking law enforcement has become a lucrative venture. At least that’s the message being sent in Baton Rouge after the East Baton Rouge Metro Council voted 4-7 last week in favor of offering a $4.5 million-dollar settlement to the family of Alton Sterling, according to ABC News. The family’s lawsuit alleges the shooting of Sterling fit a pattern of racist behavior and excessive force by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
The offer calls for Sterling’s heirs to first get $1 million, paid out of the city-parish’s Insurance Reserve Fund followed by annual $875,000 payments over the next four years. The offer is in response to a civil lawsuit brought by the family of Alton Sterling, who was killed in 2016 by police who approached him while he was selling homemade CDs in front of a convenience store.
MOUNT LAUREL Thor, a roughly three-month-old pit bull, is not your average rescue puppy. When we typically find a dog, usually they have tags on them or a chip, said Officer Matthew O Hanlon. We can take them to the local animal hospital and have the owner found pretty fast.
Little Thor was different. He was found roaming an industrial area of a business-heavy part of town with no identification.
He did, however, have a nasty mark on his forehead. My fiance and I were looking to get a pitbull, and when you see a pit bull puppy with an injury, it s hard to pass up on, said Officer O Hanlon.