The Johnsonburg Borough Police Department recently received a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) in the amount of $7,420.00 as part of an innovative policing grant program administered by PCCD in 2017 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The grant was applied for by Shawn T. McMahon, Elk County District Attorney, through the County of Elk. The Johnsonburg Borough Police Department acquired two (2) sunlight readable/touch screen mobile computer tablets with docking stations and mounting equipment from TKK Electronics which specializes in mobile computing equipment for law enforcement.
The mobile computers have been installed in both Johnsonburg Borough Police Department marked patrol vehicles. The purposes of the mobile computers is to allow the officers of the Johnsonburg Borough Police Department to more effectively and efficiently do their job of protecting and serving the residence of the Borough of Johnsonburg. The mobile computers shall allow officers to have immediate real time access while on scene to driving records, criminal histories and other databases, including Elk County Control, as well as communication with other law enforcement agencies within Elk County. Previously the absence of such technology in patrol vehicles required officers to return to the station to access such information. Ultimately, access to information by police officers also improves the safety of the officers and citizens of the Borough of Johnsonburg.
District Attorney McMahon acknowledged the leadership that Chief John Clopp demonstrated throughout the grant application process as well as his initiative of improving the vital public service that the Johnsonburg Borough Police Department and its officers provide to the citizens of the Borough of Johnsonburg. McMahon also acknowledged the critical support that the Elk County Criminal Justice Advisory Board (CJAB) provided for the grant application which was absolutely necessary for the grant to be submitted and awarded by the PCCD.
The first photograph shows Chief Clopp and one of the new mobile computer tablets. The second picture below includes Johnsonburg Borough Manager Mary Polaski, Johnsonburg Borough Police Chief John Clopp, Johnsonburg Borough Mayor Theresa Cherry, and Elk County District Attorney Shawn McMahon.
April 20, 2017 was the latest Elk County Anti-Drug meeting and was held at the Weedville Wesleyan Church and broadcast on WDDH The Hound. Speakers were District Attorney Shawn McMahon, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Services prevention supervisor Lisa Cherry, Dickinson Center Inc. Clinical Director Angela Chew, and local attorney Denise Cuneo.
