PRINTER'S NO. 3115
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
438
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, STURLA, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON, HILL-EVANS,
DONAHUE, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, WAXMAN,
BELLMON, CERRATO, ROZZI, FREEMAN, BOROWSKI, HOGAN, DELLOSO,
DEASY, DALEY AND KAZEEM, MAY 20, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 20, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study and establish an advisory committee to determine the
impact on Pennsylvania taxpayers of Pennsylvania State Police
full or partial police services for municipalities that do
not maintain full police coverage.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Police provides full-time and
part-time police coverage to municipalities that do not maintain
a local police department; and
WHEREAS, In 2017, Colonel Tyree Blocker, Commissioner of the
Pennsylvania State Police, disclosed that the per capita cost of
those services was $234 per person, per year for the 2.5 million
Pennsylvanians who live in municipalities that rely on some
level of Pennsylvania State Police coverage; and
WHEREAS, In 2013, the Pennsylvania State Police supplied 417
municipalities with part-time police coverage and 1,266 with
full-time service; and
WHEREAS, That amount has continued to increase, and in 2021,
the Pennsylvania State Police provided 428 municipalities with
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