Maxatawny Sues Upper Macungie Over Regional Police Force Assets
The suit follows Upper Macungie's decision to withdraw from the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Commission and start its own force.
Maxatawny Township has filed a lawsuit in Berks County Court against the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Department, Upper Macungie, Topton and Lyons over the distribution of the regional police force's assets as it's disbanded. The lawsuit, which contends the parties have not been able to come to an agreement as to the distribution of assets, dominated a Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Commission meeting Monday night at Fire Station 56 on Schantz Road. Representatives from Maxatawny and Upper Macungie pointed fingers at each other, accusing each other of dragging feet when it came to determining how equipment, payrolls, pensions and other benefits would be handled when the regional police department is disbanded at the end of the year. Upper …
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Steve Gonyou
10:10 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Bad deal? Wait till you see the costs, Including the ones they cover as 'other expenses'. more ›