Radnor Township, Pennsylvania | Police Department

A Police Superintendent oversees the Department which is staffed by 50 sworn Officers and 15 full and part-time civilian staff consisting of an Ordinance Enforcement Officer, a Meter Enforcement Officer, four administrative assistants, seven crossing guards and one meter assistant. In order to accomplish the day-to-day operations, in 2010 the Police Department's budget was allocated 5.2 million dollars.

Officers are assigned to either the investigation, traffic safety, or patrol divisions. In a typical year, our police vehicles log about 326,000 miles in routine patrols of Township streets and neighborhoods - about 900 miles of patrolling every day of the year. The Radnor Police Department expanded its Bicycle Patrol Unit, introduced in 1995, as part of its community-policing program. Four officers are assigned to this unit, providing more crime deterrence with increased visibility and personalized service in the business district and in selected residential neighborhoods.

As part of the department's "community policing" philosophy, the crime prevention unit regularly presents "Officer Friendly" programs to school students. Additionally the "Townwatch", a volunteer organization formed in 1977, patrols Radnor streets and alerts the police to possible trouble spots. Members of the Police Department, Township officials and members of the Radnor community, sit on the Community Awareness Committee of Radnor Township. This committee was created in 1997 by area residents and Township officials to foster improved relations between the Township government and the growing multi-cultural population in the area.

The Police Department was selected as the "Best Police Force on the Main Line and in Philadelphia's Western Suburbs " in a reader's poll of Main Line Today magazine. It has also received the Governor's Highway Safety Award for innovations in promoting safe driving.

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