Police throughout the county are honored for their service and accomplishments.

Beaver Valley Chiefs of Police President John A. DeLuca, Jr. (right) presents Distinguished Service Award to Reverend Steven McKeown (left).

Distinguished service award 2021

Police Chaplain Reverend Steven McKeown received the 37th Annual Distinguished Service Award on May 14, 2021, during the Beaver County Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Service. Reverend McKeown was chosen by previous award recipients, and Beaver Valley Chiefs of Police President John A. DeLuca, Jr. (Ambridge Police Department) presented the award to him. Reverend McKeown received the award for his outstanding service as Police Chaplain for more than 25 years in Beaver County and as the chaplain for the FBI in Pittsburgh.

Detective James DeGori

Jared Rogers

Det. Sgt. Aldo Legge & Det. Sgt. Thomas Gonczi

2021 AWARDS

Beaver County District Attorney David J. Lozier presented several awards to officers at the Beaver County Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Service:

The Detective Howard W. Murray Award to Detective James DeGori, Beaver Police Department, and Detective Sgt. Thomas Gonczi, Center Township Police Department.
The Sgt. Guy W. “Tippy” Tyler Award, School Resource Officer, to Jared Rogers, Hopewell Township Police Department.
The Drug Enforcement Award to Detective Sgt. Aldo Legge, Center Township Police Department, and Sgt. Kevin Foltz, Rochester Twp. Police Department, not present to accept.

Chief John A. DeLuca, Jr., , left, and District Attorney David J. Lozier, right.

Chief Brian P. Urhmacher, left, and Chief John A. Deluca, Jr., right.

Police Retirees

Three police officer retirees were honored on May 14. The retirees are Chief John A. DeLuca, Jr., Chief Brian P. Uhrmacher, and Chief Timothy J. Staub, not pictured. Chief DeLuca retired after 21 years from the City of Beaver Falls Police Department, serving from June 1999-June 2020. Chief Uhrmacher retired after 35 years of service. He served the Town of Greece N. Y. Police Department from March 1986-October 2014 and the Hopewell Township Police Department from November 2014-June 2021. Chief Timothy J. Staub retired after 42 years. He served the City of Beaver Falls Police Department from June 1977-February 1998 and the Beaver County Detective Bureau from February 1998-March 2019.

Sgt. Timothy Gatehouse, Chief Ronald Leindecker, Retired Chief James Adams (Chairman of the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission), Sgt. Daniel Swab, Scott Bohn (Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association), Cpl. Gregory Carney

Chief Ronald Leindecker, Sgt. Timothy Gatehouse, Sgt. Daniel Swab, Cpl. Gregory Carney

Accreditation

New Sewickley Township Police Department became the first police department in Beaver County to be fully accredited by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. To be accredited, the department had to meet 140 standards and 100 sub-sections of those standards. The process took ten years to accomplish and emphasizes transparency and accountability. The formal accreditation was awarded on August 4 in Harrisburg.