The Department's Patrol Division has the primary responsibility for the patrol and call for service response functions within the Department, which includes crime prevention and deterrence, investigation of criminal offenses, traffic and parking enforcement, vehicular accident investigation and crash reduction, and the expedient apprehension of criminal offenders. It is the Patrol Division that is the front line of the Department's efforts to provide for safe & secure neighborhoods, entertainment venues, and shopping facilities.
The Patrol Division seeks to meet and exceed the expectations of the Department's mission, goals, and objectives through its' various training and educational mandates, law enforcement and crime control and prevention programs, and Special Services, including the Police Sub-Station, Directed Enforcement Unit, Traffic & Parking Enforcement Unit, Narcotics & Gangs Unit, K-9 Unit, Community Service Officer Unit, which provides for community relations programs. Each of these specialties within the Patrol Division are endeavors to maintain the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of police service to our community.
The Patrol Division seeks to meet and exceed the expectations of the Department's mission, goals, and objectives through its' various training and educational mandates, law enforcement and crime control and prevention programs, and Special Services, including the Police Sub-Station, Directed Enforcement Unit, Traffic & Parking Enforcement Unit, Narcotics & Gangs Unit, K-9 Unit, Community Service Officer Unit, which provides for community relations programs. Each of these specialties within the Patrol Division are endeavors to maintain the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of police service to our community.
Kevin Kistler, Lieutenant
Lieutenant Kistler has been a member of the Department since 1997 where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2001 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 2012. Prior to becoming a member of our Department, he was a police officer with the West Wyoming and Wyoming Borough Police Departments for 4 years. As Lieutenant, he oversees the Patrol Division and Special Services Section, as well as the various units within the Department, such as the Community Service Officer Unit, Bike Unit, Traffic Enforcement Unit, Directed Enforcement Unit, and the Police Sub-Stations. Lt. Kistler attended Bloomsburg University and Penn State University. He also successfully completed a course of instruction in Police Executive Development from Penn State University and received the Department's Community Service Award, Exception Duty Medal and a Galantry Medal for Excellent Arrest commendation.
Lieutenant Kistler has been a member of the Department since 1997 where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2001 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 2012. Prior to becoming a member of our Department, he was a police officer with the West Wyoming and Wyoming Borough Police Departments for 4 years. As Lieutenant, he oversees the Patrol Division and Special Services Section, as well as the various units within the Department, such as the Community Service Officer Unit, Bike Unit, Traffic Enforcement Unit, Directed Enforcement Unit, and the Police Sub-Stations. Lt. Kistler attended Bloomsburg University and Penn State University. He also successfully completed a course of instruction in Police Executive Development from Penn State University and received the Department's Community Service Award, Exception Duty Medal and a Galantry Medal for Excellent Arrest commendation.
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