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(34,195 posts)
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 10:39 AM Nov 2021

Freeport, Pa, has no cops after chief quits at end of 1st shift

Freeport hasn’t had a police officer on duty since Nov. 3, when the newly hired police chief quit at the end of his first shift. Retired Plum police Sgt. Matthew Feldmeier, 58, was hired as chief Nov. 1 and was sworn in that night by Mayor James Swartz Jr. He was the only applicant for the $53,500-a-year job.

Swartz said Feldmeier worked his first shift during the day on Nov. 2 and participated in interviews that evening to fill two open positions for police officers. But when the borough secretary arrived at the borough building the following morning, she found the chief’s badge, office keys and a handwritten letter of resignation stating that he was leaving “to pursue other interests,” the mayor said.

Several telephone and text messages seeking comment from Feldmeier were not returned. “I tried to call him, and it went to voicemail,” Swartz said. “Later in the day, I texted him, and he responded that he would call me back in 15 minutes. After about six hours passed, I texted him again to say I never received his call, but I didn’t hear anything back from him.”
Swartz said he called Feldmeier again the following day but it again went to voicemail. “At that point, I was done calling him,” he said.

With no officers left on the force, state police are handling calls in the 1.3-square-mile borough of about 1,700 residents, officials said. There already is an arrangement for state police to respond to calls in Freeport when there were no borough officers on duty. The closest state police station is Troop D in East Franklin, usually referred to as the Kittanning barracks, about 16 miles away.

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/freeport-has-no-cops-after-chief-quits-at-end-of-1st-shift-state-police-covering-borough/

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Freeport, Pa, has no cops after chief quits at end of 1st shift (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 OP
Hey, I should apply. viva la Nov 2021 #1
BYOB (bring your own billy-club, taser etc.) ret5hd Nov 2021 #2
I'm a teacher. I already have the weaponry. viva la Nov 2021 #3
Well, the town is 98.42% White. That should tell you something about the area and attitudes. Hoyt Nov 2021 #4
Working Class White Deep State Witch Nov 2021 #5
Working class trumpsters? County went 73.7% for trump in 2016 and over 75.5% in 2020. Hoyt Nov 2021 #6
Most Likely Deep State Witch Nov 2021 #7
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. Well, the town is 98.42% White. That should tell you something about the area and attitudes.
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 10:58 AM
Nov 2021

Deep State Witch

(11,235 posts)
5. Working Class White
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 11:57 AM
Nov 2021

My aunt and uncle lived there. We would go there for Thanksgiving every year. It's working class whites.

Deep State Witch

(11,235 posts)
7. Most Likely
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 05:22 PM
Nov 2021

I wouldn't be surprised. People used to be solid Dems, but they like their hunting and their guns.

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