When: East Petersburg Borough Council meeting, May 4, in person.
What happened: Police Chief David Steffen told Borough Council that Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department was certified by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. That means the police department is required to meet about 139 standards that agencies strive to uphold; practices are assessed by the state annually to ensure policies are being followed. The department also revised its use-of-force protocols and is reviewing best practices in responding to calls with mental health issues.
Why itâs important: The measures are intended to hold the police department accountable to operate with integrity, honesty and compassion. Steffen said the public can be assured officers and staff seek âtransparency and professionalismâ in their work.
York Daily Record
Catharine Paules had a decision to make in the final trimester of her pregnancy: Should she get the coronavirus vaccination?
She had been preparing for a pandemic since she was a 10-year-old growing up in York County. As the world began to awaken to COVID-19’s powerful force last year, she had already known the tsunami was coming.
She’s an infectious disease physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and studied at the National Institutes of Health with the one man whose name will be forever entwined with battling the disease, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
May 5, 2021 Health Officials Await Approval Of Pfizer Vaccine For Younger Groups
(Harrisburg, PA) Health officials across the state are waiting for the FDA to authorize the use of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for younger groups. The FDA could determine if kids between the ages of 12 and 15 can receive the vaccine as early as next week. Penn State Health officials say the vaccine seems as safe for this new group as it was for individuals aged 16 and up. They added that children need to be vaccinated if we want to reach herd immunity as kids still do get the virus and spread it to others.
Penn State Health and the Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center are among the central Pennsylvania COVID-19 vaccine providers stressing availability of walk-in appointments. Penn State Health is taking walk-ins at its vaccination site at 30 E. Granada Avenue, #200 in Dauphin County. The site is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and is able to take several hundred .