Uncle Irvin: Supervisors playing Russian Roulette
10/30/2018 01:01PM ● By Richard GawMany townships in southern Chester County are risking public safety by not engaging legitimate local police protection. The list includes, in no particular order, East Marlborough, London Grove, Penn, Lower Oxford, and East Nottingham.
Technically, East Marlborough
supervisors claim to have a local police force, an operation that
once used old police cars with police mannequins in them as visual
deterrents. New Garden and West Grove Borough have established a
regional force that is ready and able to absorb London Grove and
Penn. Oxford Borough is ready and able to cooperate with East
Nottingham and Lower Oxford in a regional effort. Kennett Borough
could efficiently regionalize with Kennett Township's small police
force and East Marlborough.
Reliance on an overworked, small state
police barracks is no longer feasible. Cheapskate supervisors are
risking serious public safety issues by sitting on their hands,
worried about rising real estate millage, when public school
districts are jacking up millage 2 to 3 percent annually.
(This is an occasional column written by Uncle Irvin. As always, the column is the opinion of Uncle Irvin, and is not a news story.)