Crime & Safety
Hatboro Hires New Police Officer
With the addition of officer Ryan Allen, the Hatboro Police Department is back to a full staff of 14.
Hatboro ushered in a new police officer Monday night.
Officer Ryan Allen, a 2004 Quakertown High School graduate who received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Penn State University, was sworn in during Monday night's Hatboro Borough Council meeting.
In announcing Allen, Police Chief James Gardner shared that Allen graduated from the Montgomery County Police Academy and most recently served as a correctional officer at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility.
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"He seems very qualified," Gardner told Patch.
With the addition of Allen, Gardner said the police department will be back at "full strength" of 14 police officers.
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