Horsham Police Second-in-Command Retires

Horsham Police Captain Joseph Repkoe will retire on Dec. 28. Lt. Bill Daly was sworn in as deputy chief during Wednesday night's township council meeting.

Joseph Repkoe never set out to be a police officer. But, thanks to an unsuccessful attempt to join the military during the Vietnam War, Repkoe discovered a job that was "what I expected and more." Three years after the death of his father and soon after he became bored working at Prudential Insurance in a "windowless" room, Repkoe, then 22, began what would become a 40-year career at the Horsham Township Police Department "I was learning to be a man," Repkoe said, crediting then-Chief Jack Donovan for helping to mold him into a police officer. "He became a surrogate father to me." By 1975, Repkoe was promoted to sergeant and in 1989 he earned a promotion to lieutenant.  "When I was on the street as an officer and a sergeant I was proud of …

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