Welcome to the Lititz Borough Police Department’s website, LititzPD.org.  We welcome you to explore our site and take advantage of the information and resources you will find here.  The LBPD is Accredited through the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC), a program administered by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association (PCPA), and have been since February 2, 2008.  We take great pride in providing high-quality law enforcement and community service to the Lititz Community, and prioritize and agency culture which embraces a community-oriented style of policing.  If I, or the officers and staff of the LBPD, can offer any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Jared A. Hahn, Chief Executive Officer

Chief's biography:

Chief Jared Hahn is a Lititz native and life-long Lititz resident. He is a graduate of Warwick High School, and a 2003 graduate of the Temple University Police Academy in Philadelphia. Chief Hahn was hired by the LBPD in May of 2003, and in April of 2014, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he supervised a platoon of patrol officers. In addition to field supervisor responsibilities, Chief Hahn also authored agency policies, procedures, and strategic initiatives along with other operational and administrative assignments.

Chief Hahn holds a Master's degree in the Administration of Justice (Leadership and Administration concentration) from Wilmington University. Chief Hahn also holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Wilmington University and an Associate's degree in Human Services from Elizabethtown College. Chief Hahn was accepted into Alpha Phi Sigma, the only recognized and Accredited higher education discipline-oriented honor society in the criminal justice field accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies.

Chief Hahn is a graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command where he studied leadership, human resources, employee relations, organizational behavior, applied statistics, planning and policy development, and budgeting and resource allocation. Additionally, Chief Hahn is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Associates Leadership Certification Program, Pennsylvania State Police Leadership Development Program, and has completed the Penn State University Justice and Safety Institute’s Police Executive Development Program, Police Supervisory In-Service Training Program, and Leadership and Command Program.

Chief Hahn is a member of the Lancaster County Chiefs of Police Association where he currently serves as Chairperson of the Lancaster County Joint Hiring Consortium and Vice-Chairperson of the Police Advisory Board to Lancaster County-Wide Communications (911).

Chief Hahn is a member of the Central Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association where he currently serves as a member at-large of the Executive Committee and Chairperson of the Training Committee.

Chief Hahn is a member of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and the Pennsylvania Police Accreditation Coalition. In both organizations, Chief Hahn serves as an Accreditation Assessor Team Leader and Accreditation Assessor, tasked with completing initial Accreditation assessments and Accreditation re-assessments of law enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Chief Hahn serves as a professional law enforcement consultant where he provides professional consultation services in the areas of law enforcement policy recommendations to comply with Pennsylvania Accreditation standards, Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania Crimes Code, and Pennsylvania Vehicle Code; make recommendations based on best practices regarding the operation of evidence/property functions; cell areas and temporary holding areas; coordination of training that meets Accreditation standards and legal mandates; maintenance of agency records, and establishing systems for proof of compliance for law enforcement agencies seeking Accreditation and those maintaining Accreditation.

In 2010, Chief Hahn become the first police officer in Lancaster County to be certified as a Drug Recognition Expert. Chief Hahn has been qualified as an expert witness on ten occasions in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas and Lancaster County Magisterial District Courts and permitted to provide expert witness testimony and opinions as to whether an individual was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, and if so, what category or categories of drugs and whether the individual was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs to a degree that they were incapable of safely driving a vehicle. As a Drug Recognition Expert, Jared has assisted in complex drug-impaired driving investigations in Lancaster, Dauphin, York, Lebanon, and Berks Counties. Chief Hahn is currently credentialed as a Drug Recognition Expert Instructor by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

In 2012, Chief Hahn was named as the Lancaster County Outstanding Police Officer of the Year by the Lancaster County Chiefs of Police Association and in 2006, Chief Hahn was a recipient of the Human Relations Award by the Lancaster County Human Relations Commission.

Since 2012, Chief Hahn has served as the LBPD’s Accreditation Manager, responsible for the maintenance and compliance with the law enforcement Accreditation standards established by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. In 2023, the LBPD was awarded the top-tier level of Accreditation – “Premier” status. The LBPD is the first Borough police department in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to achieve this top-tier level of Accreditation.

Chief Hahn previously served the Lititz Community as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Warwick Community Ambulance Association and as an active member of the Lititz Fire Company serving as a firefighter, lieutenant, and captain and also served in an administrative role as President of the fire company. Jared maintains membership with the Lititz Fire Company.

Chief Hahn currently lives in the Lititz area with his wife and two young daughters.