Delaware County DA To Announce Task Force To Strengthen Connections With Police

It comes as Pennsylvania lawmakers look to change how police are hired and trained.

THE COMMISSIONER SAID THEINDEPENDENT REPORT WILL BEMADE PUBLIC ONCE COMPLETED.WELL, HAPPENING TODAY, THEDELAWARE COUNTY DISTRICTATTORNEY WILL ANNOUNCE THECREATION OF TASK FORCE, TOSTRENGTHEN CONNECTION WASLOCAL POLICE.IT COMES AS PENNSYLVANIALAWMAKERS LOOK TO CHANGE HOWPOLICE ARE HIRED AND TRAINED.IN HARRISBURG, TWO BILLS AIMEDTO ADDRESS POTENTIAL INSTANCESOF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESSDISORDER AMONG POLICECANDIDATES AS WELL AS CREATINGDATABASE FOR DISCIPLINARYRECORDS.WHAT WE FOUND, THIS ISNATIONAL MODEL THAT OTHERFOLKS ARE USING BECAUSE POLICEOFFICERS ARE ABLE TO GO FROMDISTRICT TO DISTRICT, AND WHENTHEY'RE GETTING HIRED, YOUCAN'T FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENEDIN THE LAST DEPARTMENT THATTHEY WERE IN.WELL THE BILLS HAVE MADE IT