Here's a small sampling of our educational, training, and service activities.

Golf Outing Registration Form

Beaver Valley Chiefs of Police recently participated in several educational presentations at their monthly meetings. Nick Bathgate spoke about the Pennsylvania DUI Association, Inc. Ann Lewis informed participants about A Child’s Place, PA, and Ann Colella-Murray spoke about the Women’s Center of Beaver County. These presentations are part of on-going educational opportunities for members of the organization.

Instructors & Participants

Instructors: Detective Greg Carney, Officer Jeff Nolfi, Cpt. Jonathan Hall, Chief Michael Pszenny

Scoring

Officer Jeff Nolfi scores a target. Five points were awarded for any shot inside the black line, three points for shots touching the black line, and no points for shots outside the line.

Scoring

Lead instructor Cpt. JonathanHall records scores as tallied by Officer Jeff Nolfi. Participants had to score at least 196 points out of 250 to qualify.

Reloading

Tactical Team Maneuver Drill

firearms qualification

Approximately 150 officers participated in a firearms qualification held in June at the Beaver Valley Pistol & Rifle Club. Officers qualified on pistols, shotguns, and rifles while standing, lying down, and kneeling. The qualification also included a tactical team maneuver drill during which officers used cover while firing. To qualify, participants had to achieve at least 196 out of 250 points. A team of four instructors scored the officers: Cpt. Jonathan Hall (lead instructor, Center Township Police Department), Chief Michael Pszenny (Marion Township Police Department), Detective Greg Carney (New Sewickley Township Police Department), Officer Jeff Nolfi (Center Township Police Department). Officers are required to qualify annually in Pennsylvania.

body cameras

New Sewickley Township Police Department recently received a federal grant to offset the cost of purchasing 20 body cameras, shown here by Chief Ronald Leindecker. The cameras will be used to educate officers, to protect them from false misconduct claims, to document crime scenes, and to aid in report writing. Officers are currently being trained to use them, and the cameras will be deployed in early August. Each officer will be assigned his own personal camera. Center Township Police Department is also using body cameras, and according to Leindecker, as police work evolves in the United States, more and more cameras will be deployed everywhere, including in Beaver County.

Drug Take Back Boxes

Prescription Drug Take Back Boxes are currently available in 18 Beaver County police departments for residents to safely dispose of unused or expired medications. Started by the District Attorney’s office in 2016, the program has collected and destroyed more than four tons of medications. According to the District Attorney’s website, the program was started to keep drugs away from children and drug addicts and out of landfills and the water supply. The program has been so successful that some boxes are being upgraded to larger ones to accommodate the need.