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•Robert R. Hart, Chair •Sara J. Erlbaum, Vice-Chair |
•Amy P. Grossman •Cathy Peduzzi •Melissa S. Sterling |
| Board of Supervisors | |
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•Robert R. Hart, Chair •Sara J. Erlbaum, Vice-Chair |
•Amy P. Grossman •Cathy Peduzzi •Melissa S. Sterling |
Are you a victim of a crime in Whitemarsh Township and looking for assistance in obtaining services?
The Whitemarsh Township Police Department is working with the Montgomery County Victim Services Center to provide victims of crimes assistance to notify victims of their rights as well as the variety of support available.
For more information, contact: Sarah Goldbloom (484-594-2709).
Watch the video on the Victim Services Liaison Unit for more information:
Do you know a senior citizen who is in need of immediate help from a social service agency?
Contact Lt. Fran Wheatley (484-594-2732) for more information.
Those interested in participating in the 2012 program can fill out an application below and submit it to the Police Department.
The Whitemarsh Police Department sponsors an interactive Cop Camp for 10 & 11yr olds to be held at Police Headquarters in Lafayette Hill for one week each summer. The entire program, including Official Cop Camp T-shirts and hats, is being provided free of charge to the participants of the camp. The camp is designed to encourage local adolescents to respect the law, stand up to peer pressure and avoid the many temptations affecting this impressionable age group. Each day begins with exercise and military drill. New additions to the program include a bomb squad demo and Cadets helping paramedics rescue victims of a mock auto accident followed by a Med-Evac helicopter dust off. |
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Returning again for the fifth year are police motorcycles, K-9 dogs, Crime Scene Detectives, Bike Patrols and a Hostage Rescue Team. Other hands-on events include radar speed checks and bicycle safety. Cadets will also man hose lines to put out real fires supervised by Barren Hill Fire Company. The trainees will investigate crimes, gather evidence and “arrest” perpetrators. But it doesn’t stop there, the local District Judge will preside over a mock trial in District Court where the cadets will prosecute the case or defend the perpetrator in order to learn about our legal system. |
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Highlights of the week include a police obstacle course and daily outdoor cookouts. The camp concludes with a multi-media show highlighting the week’s events and a swearing-in ceremony on Friday afternoon. The Police Chief will present Official ID cards, group photos and Diplomas. But more significantly, each Cadet leaves knowing every police officer on a first name basis. Contact the Whitemarsh Police Department for more information. Download the 2012 Cop Camp Application to sign up for the next Comp Cap. |
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Watch highlights from the 2011 Cop Camp on WTV (Comcast Channel 965, Verizon Channel 46). To view the WTV Schedule line-up, click here.
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In 2010 the Whitemarsh Township Police Department developed a community coalition to aid in the prevention of hazardous decisions that are stereotypically made by an alarming number of teenagers, including but not limited to alcohol/drug related incidents and vehicle-operator distractions such as texting and driving.
This program has created a partnership between students at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School and Germantown Academy in which an honest discussion about the prevalence of students' high risk behavior in the community, and the consequences of such action.
The coalition's goals include creating a community based dialogue about the problem of hazardous decision making and its consequences, creating programming and literature for area students, developing a mentoring program between high school and middle school students where student concerns about destructive decision making can be addressed in a safe environment, and reaching out to local businesses and officials to disseminate information about the danger of high risk behavior amongst the teen demographic and the local community.
2010 Coalition Projects: Public Service Announcement - Underage Drinking/Proactive Enforcement Patrols
2011 Coalition Projects: Texting and Driving Pledge Campaign
20112 Coalition Projects: Proactive Patrol Alert to Reduce Underage Drinking
Back to TopThe purpose of the REACH program is designed to help Police Officers teach youth how to make healthy decisions to avoid crime and harm. This program starts with a process that focusing on the need for the child to take ownership of their safety.
The R.E.A.C.H. program was developed to deal with the new challenges facing our youth on a daily basis. This program focuses on building a positive relationship with our youth. It instructs students on how to reduce their exposure to drugs, violence and risky behavior. It helps students to make healthy decisions, form healthy relationships with others and allows them to become good role models and citizens of our community.
R.E.A.C.H. stands for:
Realistic - A tendency to face the facts and be practical
Education - The process of developing knowledge, skill and character
Avoid - To keep away from, to evade
Crime - Bad behavior, wrong doing, corruption
Harm - To hurt injure or damage
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The Whitemarsh Township Police Department in collaboration with the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School and Germantown Academy has kicked off a pledge campaign to educate students, faculty, and the community on the inherent dangers of texting while driving.
This teen driver safety initiative called Project Ignition, sponsored by State Farm and coordinated by the National Youth Leadership Council®, has selected 26 high schools from the United States and Canada that have each received $2,000 each to implement student-led campaigns this school year. The Whitemarsh Police Department submitted the grant application on behalf of the area high schools.
This campaign is part of a the recently established Plymouth Whitemarsh High School/Germantown Academy S.A.F.E. Coalition that allows the best and brightest from both schools to assist school and community leaders in the prevention of hazardous decisions that are stereotypically made by an alarming number of teenagers.
This campaign establishes a public relations crusade called the "DNT TXT N DRV" Pledge Campaign.
Two separate high schools in the same community: one public, one private, working together on one mission; educating students, faculty, and the public on the dangers of texting while driving.
Our ultimate objective is to prevent needless injuries and deaths by implementing several public safety campaigns in our High Schools that will ultimately have teenage drivers pledging never to text and operate a motor vehicle at the same time.
The majority of drivers today, both teenagers and adults, admit to texting while driving. Somehow drivers rationalize this behavior due to the fact that it takes but a mere moment. Text messaging from our phones while we are driving is a cultural epidemic. The "DNT TXT N DRV" Pledge Campaign is working to change behaviors and save lives by educating students on the countless scores of tragedies caused by the decision to text while driving.
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Whitemarsh Township Police Department
616 Germantown Pike
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
Administration: (610) 825-6530
Fax: (610) 825-5078
EMERGENCY:
Dial 911 or (610) 828-8000
Whitemarsh Township
616 Germantown Pike
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
Phone: (610) 825-3535
Fax: (610) 825-9416