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Red light cameras are an enforcement-for-profit racket that has nothing to do with highway safety.

“Retiring from policing for a career opportunity at Upper Bucks County Technical School,” Bedminster Township Police Chief Matt Phelan is stepping down, effective July 30. Phelan read his …

Solebury saluted its police force — past, present and future — before a crowd of 100-plus officers, their families and friends Tuesday night.

The Bucks County Community College Office of Security and Safety has achieved accreditation from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), the leading authority for campus public safety.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said more than 80 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will join the Pennsylvania State Police in a coordinated aggressive driving enforcement wave.

Yardley Council tackled a controversial topic this month: Should the borough have an ordinance allowing short-term rental housing in town?

Four new officers recently joined the Central Bucks Regional Police Department, bringing the total number of “sworn personnel” to 28, officials said.

Perkasie recently welcomed officers Justin Nyce and Mark Compas to the borough police department, according to a press released posted on the department’s Crimewatch page.

Solebury Police Chief Dominick Bellizzie retires July 7 after 18 years. His replacement — Kelley Warner, a Buckingham resident — will be the township’s first female police chief.

Legislators: Make DNA sampling like fingerprinting

Five Bucks County Republican state legislators gathered on May 30 at the scene of a violent crime solved using DNA technology to say DNA samples ought to be taken like fingerprints — that is, at the time of an arrest.

There’s a new sergeant in the Upper Makefield Township Police Department, but he is a familiar face. At a May 21 meeting of the township board of supervisors, Gerard Russi was promoted.

Kevin Edwards accepts the congratulations of New Hope Mayor Larry Keller during Tuesday’s borough council meeting, at which Edwards took the oath of office to become the borough’s new …

We have many residential areas on River Road where we slow down to 25 or 30 mph. This makes sense because of the multiple driveways, pedestrians, and cyclists. There is also a long, lightly inhabited …

District Judge Maggie Snow swore in Solebury’s newest full-time police officer — Larry Grawe Jr. — at the March 19 board of supervisors meeting.

I read a recent notice that area police departments will be targeting aggressive driving behaviors during April. I live in the Borough of Doylestown and I suggest, why stop in April?

Doylestown Township’s supervisors have unanimously approved the promotion of Lt. Charles Zeigler to Chief of Police. The change won’t take effect until October, when current police Chief Dean Logan retires.

A decade ago Michael Cummings left Doylestown Borough Police Department to become chief of police in New Hope. Since then, Cummings, who retires this month, has been credited with shepherding the …

Nine years ago, Springfield Township Police Department had more job candidates than it could handle, with 10 making the shortlist for a vacant position. This year, just seven have applied for the current vacancy.

Drivers passing through Warrington Township that fail to stop at a red light will now be caught by a state-of-the-art camera system and face a fine, officials recently announced.

Bucks County has restored “core functionality” of its computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system, officials said Tuesday night.

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