Tag: Allentown Police Department
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Speed enforcement zones now in place in Allentown
ALLENTOWN – Borough Administrator Laurie Roth has reported that Allentown’s public works employees have installed signs warning motorists they will have to appear in municipal court if they are ticketed for speeding in designated areas of the community. The installation of the signs comes several years after Allentown officials initially began discussing the idea of…
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Allentown Police Department to remain a partner in training group
ALLENTOWN – Allentown municipal officials will pay $132 in a shared services agreement that involves eight police departments in western Monmouth County and the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. During a meeting on July 6, Borough Council members authorized the renewal of the agreement for the Western Monmouth Active Shooter Training Group. The Allentown Police Department…
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Allentown council members appoint Panckeri as police chief
ALLENTOWN – Daniel Panckeri has been named chief of the Allentown Police Department. Panckeri, a lieutenant who had been leading the police department as Officer in Charge for a decade, was named chief during the 2020 reorganization meeting of the Allentown mayor and Borough Council on Jan. 7. Borough Council President Robert Strovinsky and council…
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Allentown council, police union agree on new contract
ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has approved a new collective bargaining agreement with Allentown Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 114 that will cover the union’s members from Jan. 1, 2018 through Dec. 31, 2021. Council members voted 6-0 during a meeting on Aug. 20 to approve the new agreement. Council President Thomas Fritts, Councilman…
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Allentown police officers participating in regional training initiative
ALLENTOWN – Officers in the Allentown Police Department have joined forces with police officers from throughout western Monmouth County to train for situations they hope will never occur. The Western Monmouth Active Shooter Training Group is made up of officers from the Allentown, Colts Neck, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan and Marlboro police…
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Allentown patrolman promoted to rank of detective
ALLENTOWN – For the first time in its history, the Allentown Police Department includes the position of detective. On March 13, Borough Council members voted 6-0 to create the position. Moments after adopting the ordinance that created the position, council members voted unanimously to appoint Patrolman Anthony Rando to the position. Council President Thomas Fritts…
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Allentown man faces drug charges following motor vehicle stop
ALLENTOWN – A 29-year-old male resident of Allentown is facing multiple charges relating to the possession of controlled dangerous substances following his arrest in the borough on Feb. 13. Allentown police reported that at 4 p.m., Patrolman Anthony Rando conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of Lakeview Drive in the rear parking lot…
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Allentown police on alert for drunk drivers
ALLENTOWN – The Allentown Police Department is participating in the 2016 year end statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. From now through Jan. 1, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, Allentown police said…
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Officers’ search uncovers drugs, guns in Allentown home
ALLENTOWN – Four adults and one juvenile were arrested and charged with drug and firearms violations after Allentown police officers executed a search warrant at a borough home. Allentown Police Department Patrolman Anthony Rando said officers searched a Hamilton Street home at 8:30 a.m. April 7. Rando said the search of the home was authorized…