When: West Lampeter Township Supervisors meeting, May 10, in person.
What happened: Supervisors voted unanimously to allow the West Lampeter Township Police Department to pursue accreditation through the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission.
Background: Accreditation is an intensive process that examines police practices and measures them against statewide standards. Chief Brian Wiczkowski said there are 139 standards, each of which requires two proofs of compliance. The process includes an initial assessment of the police building and a final assessment once standards are in place. The cost is $1,000 annually with charges starting the year following accreditation achievement.
Quotable: Wiczkowski said the process takes more than a year but that department personnel can handle the workload without diminishing street patrols. âItâs heavy work, but itâs good in the long run. ⦠From a professional standpoint, itâs the right thing to do.â
Police searching for man accused of striking trooper with vehicle, fleeing scene
Police say David Pratt, 18, struck a State Police trooper with his vehicle as he fled from the scene of a traffic stop at 2:20 a.m. Pratt remains at large.
Credit: State Police Published: 6:50 AM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 10:27 AM EDT May 11, 2021
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. State Police are searching for a man accused of striking a trooper with a vehicle and fleeing from a traffic stop.
David Pratt, 18, is wanted for his role in the inicdent.
On May 11 around 2:20 a.m., police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Route 462 east of Old Philadelphia Pike in East Lampeter Township.
A Lancaster man was killed after he was struck while crossing Lincoln Highway East in East Lampeter Township last week, according to East Lampeter Township police.
Patrick Kiratu Ndungu, 29, was crossing north across the 2100 block of Lincoln Highway East, or Route 30, when he was struck by a 2007 Acura MDX traveling westbound at 10:33 a.m. on April 27, police said in a news release.
âItâs unknown at this point if he was in a walkway,â said police spokesperson Rob Eachus.
The vehicleâs driver, Yarelis Otero-Velez, 25, also of Lancaster, did not immediately recognize that she had struck a person and continued driving for several hundred feet before turning around to return to the scene, police said.