The Police Department is comprised of 24 sworn police officers certified by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission and 2 administrative assistants. The Department is led by the Chief of Police, Deputy Chief of Police and two Lieutenants.  The department consists of a Patrol Division and a Criminal Investigations Division.  The patrol division is led by a Lieutenant and consists of four platoons each led by a Sergeant.  The Criminal Investigations Division is led by a Lieutenant and consists of two Detectives and two School Resource Officers who serve Southern Lehigh School District. 

Specialty positions include officers certified in accident re-construction, K-9, Lehigh County Emergency Response Team, DARE Instructors and bicycle patrol officers.

The Police Department’s fleet of marked patrol vehicles consists of eight Chevrolet Tahoes and three Ford Explorers.  There are also seven unmarked vehicles consisting of three Dodge Durangos, three Ford Explorers and two Ford Taurus.  There are also six Police equipped bicycles used for patrol by our bicycle officers.  The Police Department also utilizes a 6’ X 10’ utility trailer equipped for accident reconstruction and processing major crime scenes.

Members of the department receive ongoing training in areas including but not limited to:

• Command and leadership
• Use of Force
• De-escalation training
• Active Shooter Response Training
• Special weapons and tactics training
• Crises negotiation training
• Critical incident thinking
• Preventing Bias-based policing
• Internal affairs
• Evidence collection
• Digital forensics
• Crime scene photography
• Interviewing techniques
• Court testimonial training
• DARE training
• School Resource Officer training
• DUI enforcement
• Speed enforcement
• Numerous other proactive training courses to empower our officers to be professional and effective