Interested in bringing the State Police Community Service Officers to your neighborhood? Does your neighborhood have an active crime watch group? Or are you interested in establishing a group? 

Lower Macungie gets our police coverage from the Pennsylvania State Police. State Police Community Services Officers (CSO) are responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with neighborhoods to foster mutual respect and understanding within a station area. These forums are meant to reinforce an understanding that to continue to have a safe community we must work together to be smart and aware in our everyday lives.

The secondary benefit of these meetings is to connect or reconnect the State Police with established or new local Crime watch groups.

We have a number of active Crime Watch groups in our neighborhoods but many don’t. For those who want to establish a new group we have resources available to help residents with forming an organization or re-establishing one.

Regardless of what arrangement a community has for police coverage, officers tell residents one thing consistently. That is a little organization in the form of proactive, aware and engaged residents is the best defense against crimes of opportunity in your neighborhood. PSP CSO’s can help Lower Mac residents with this. For example if a new crime watch group forms they offer to conduct a personal safety presentation for your inaugural meeting.

If you are interested in either bringing the Troopers to your neighborhood, reconnecting the troopers to an existing crime watch group or establishing a new group please contact me at Ronbeitler@gmail.com and I can assist with facilitating. This can mean help getting the word out, working with the township for meeting space and connecting the group to township officials who interface with the PSP on a daily basis.