Oxford Borough is working with the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department to explore the benefits and the costs of having the Oxford Borough Police Department and the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department merge their operations. Simultaneously, Oxford Borough officials are also working on setting up meetings with neighboring municipalities to discuss the possibility of having Oxford Borough operate its own regional police department that would provide policing services to some or all of the municipalities in the Oxford area.

At the end of the process, the best option for Oxford Borough residents might be for the borough to continue to operate its own police department that serves the borough and is paid for by borough residents. But the exploration of all the possibilities is certainly worth the time, effort, and money involved, and we applaud the borough for investigating all its options.