Palmer Township: No to Nazareth Police Coverage
Palmer Township officials say they have no interest in providing police coverage for Nazareth Borough.
The sirens from Nazareth have fallen on deaf ears. Palmer Township officials answered the call regarding a proposal for its police department to provide coverage to Nazareth with a swift, stiff "no" at the Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night. Township Manager Christopher Christman said that he received and reviewed a proposal from Nazareth Monday for contracting police services. "My recommendation is that we will not consider this," Christman said. Nazareth Borough Council recently approved a motion to revisit contracting police services from a neighboring municipality. Nazareth wants an outside source to provide police services and asked six municipalities -- including Palmer -- if they were interested. "It's cost prohibitive," …
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rick troxell
7:36 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Tv situation was never really answered. The current issue has an answer. Give the current chief 2.8 million over the next three years and keep council out of it. But in the end behind the scene the decision has already been made.It has been the agenda for the last few years. It is about to be played out. Not to the benefit of the Borough but to the benefit of the council so they still have the … more ›