‘A Good Neighbor Community Since 1831’

In Memory of
Nathan Burnfield
11/04/2008
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The South Strabane Township Police Department provides full coverage 24 hours per day, seven days a week.  We are responsible for patrolling 23.1 square miles of residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial areas. Commercial responsibilities include a shopping mall, four large shopping plazas, and a very busy strip of restaurants and motels.

Traffic patrol responsibilities include 54 miles of Township roads and 49 miles of state roads within the Township borders. 

These include heavily traveled routes of S.R. 19, S.R. 40, Locust Avenue, North and South Main Streets, S.R. 136, and Racetrack Road.  Rather long stretches of Interstates 70 and 79 also run through South Strabane and while we are not tasked with primary enforcement as are the PA State Police, we do some traffic enforcement and assist the State Police on major accidents on the Interstates.

The Police Department consists of 14 full-time officers and 3 part-time officers. They are:Chief Donald Zofchak Sergeant Robert Cregut - Sergeant Bradlee McClay - Sergeant Drew Hilk - Detective John Bruner Officer Seth Kelley - Officer Mike Manfredi - Officer Carmine Molinaro - Officer Ken Torboli   Officer Clay Graham - Officer Mike Schidlmeier - Officer Ryan Hoffman - Officer Tim Gray - Officer Chad Brogley - Officer Stephen McWreath  Officer Aaron Vanatta – part-time - Officer Eric Holt - part-time - Officer James McKean - part-time

 

We also have a full-time police clerk, Cindy Chastel.

The Police Department has primary law enforcement responsibility within the border of the Township. We handle all calls for service, crime reports, traffic accident investigation, and criminal investigation.  Several of our officers are certified in areas such as:

Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Crime Scene Management,
Fingerprinting and Photography, Breath Testing, VASCAR Speed Detection

All officers have attended Act 120 Police Academy training, are certified in First Aid and CPR, and attend yearly state-mandated training updates.  The Department also conducts monthly in-service training on various subjects and conducts individual weapons qualifications twice per year and all officers are trained and certified on the use of the Automatic External Defibrillator.
Two officers are members of the Washington Area Police Critical Emergency Response Team
One officer is a member of the District Attorney Drug Task Force

South Strabane Township Police Department equipment includes:

Each patrol car is equipped with a first aid kit, blankets, orange cones, pepper spray, fire extinguisher, brooms, flares, CPR face masks, and a shotgun. One car per shift carries the AED. The traffic car carries additional traffic accident investigation tools. The detective car carries a large assortment of crime scene investigation and photography equipment. Each officer is provided with and required to wear a ballistic vest. The Department is mainly concerned with traffic safety and crime prevention, especially in the many shopping areas of the Township.

The South Strabane Township Police Department participates in numerous child safety events throughout the year and participates in the Officer Phil Program at Trinity Area Schools.  We are also available for drug awareness talks, safety talks, crime prevention education, etc..any group that would like to have an officer speak to their group is encouraged to call 724/225-8111 for information.
 
The Police Department has speakers available for a variety of topics including Robbery Prevention Training!.

We also have equipment for child identification. Call for an appointment for a single child, or to arrange group fingerprinting.