Crime & Safety
Now Hiring: $53,000 South Whitehall Police Officer
Applications for the new South Whitehall police officer position are due Friday.
The South Whitehall Township Police Department will hire a new patrol officer this year, according to Chief Thomas Toth.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday.
The department, which currently has 37 members, added four new patrol officers last May to replace four who retired. Starting salary for a new officer at the time was $53,026.
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The new patrol officer would be an addition to the force, which would allow a current member of the force to become a school resource officer in the Parkland middle schools, Toth said.
The school resource officer's salary would be paid by the school district and the township, he said.
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Toth said he hopes to select a new patrol officer by mid-July and have the school resource officer in place before the start of the new school year.
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