Posted: | December 9, 2020 03:12 PM |
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From: | Representative Austin A. Davis |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Municipal Police Consolidation |
Recent tragedies have shone a bright light on the difficulties that many municipalities face in recruiting, retaining, training, and equipping the professional police officers who are charged with keeping our communities safe. Too many communities rely on part time officers who must work multiple jobs, receive inadequate training, and who often and understandably leave after short employment terms for better paying and full-time positions. In the near future, I will be introducing legislation to create the Municipal Police Enhancement and Consolidation Program to encourage reasonable consolidation, provide funding for training, and ensure police officers have access to the services they need to successfully perform their duties. This legislation charges the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) with oversight of a vital new program that will make grants available to municipal police departments for the following:
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Introduced as HB383