Police, Fire Dept. Give Updates On Recent Reports

Hollidaysburg Mayor Joe Dodson called for Police Chief Chris Storm to be allowed to hire a ninth police officer to the department. Dodson wants Storm to be allowed to go through current list of three potential candidates already approved to present a candidate ready to go for the next council meeting.

Storm, during his police report, said the force had 536 calls in March 2023 as compared to 338 in March 2022. There were 10 drug arrests, eight DUI arrests, 11 assaults, five domestic violence incidents, six cases of harassments, 33 criminal charges, seven juvenile runaways, 50 traffic citations,...