State police to provide overnight patrols for understaffed Delaware County police department
COLLINGDALE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Pennsylvania State Police are stepping in to help a Delaware County police department experiencing a staff shortage.
State police will soon provide overnight patrols in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.
The added patrols are set to start on Thursday from 12 a.m. to 8 a.m. until further notice, authorities say.
Collingdale's mayor says the staff shortages that the department is experiencing are keeping officers from safely and adequately meeting full-time police coverage requirements.
This comes just weeks after Collingdale Borough Council officials hired a new police chief despite opposition from community members, several council members, and the mayor.
As of October 1, pending a background check, the new chief of police in Collingdale was set to be Shanee Mitchell.
