Chief Howard Hall flipped through the notes heâs made from exit interviews over the past year: There was an officer who left to go into nursing, another who went to an insurance company, one became a welder, two planned to make the move to the roofing business. In total, Roanoke County saw 28 of its police officers leave during 2020, about one-fifth of its department. That is both abnormal and normal all at once â abnormal because itâs twice as high as the turnover the agency would expect in a typical year. Normal because it tracks with a surge in police departures unfolding nationwide. âThis is going on everywhere,â Hall said. âItâs going to take a long time to catch up in terms of where we are from a vacancies perspective. âThatâs very problematic. We need good people coming into this profession. When things are happening to deter that, thatâs certainly not progress. Thatâs going to create negative community effects for the lon
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Chief Howard Hall flipped through the notes heâs made from exit interviews over the past year: There was an officer who left to go into nursing, another who went to an insurance company, one became a welder, two planned to make the move to the roofing business.
In total, Roanoke County saw 28 of its police officers leave during 2020, about one-fifth of its department. That is both abnormal and normal all at once â abnormal because itâs twice as high as the turnover the agency would expect in a typical year. Normal because it tracks with a surge in police departures unfolding nationwide.
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NORRISTOWN â When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Montgomery County Sheriffâs Office sprang into action starting last spring at COVID testing sites and into this spring at vaccination sites.
Now, after a month-and-a-half of helping residents safeguard themselves against the COVID-19 pandemic, Montgomery Countyâs free vaccination sites are closing down.
Since April 12, virtually all of the Montgomery County Sheriffâs Officeâs 100+ deputies served more than 6,000 man hours securing vaccination sites and assisting community members in Willow Grove, Montgomeryville, Pottstown, Norristown, Blue Bell and Lansdale.
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In all, these sites vaccinated more than 43,000 county residents.
Sheriff Sean Kilkenny dropped by the Norristown vaccination site at St. Johnâs Episcopal Church on July 1 to thank deputies David Matozzo and Austin Kelly as they closed down the last vaccination post.
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