October 28, 2025 - Lebanon, PA
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis held a roundtable conversation with local leaders and law enforcement officials to talk about how they're using state investments to build safer communities.In December 2024, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency approved a $150,000 grant to support the creation of a new regional police department in North Lebanon and North Cornwall Townships."Pennsylvania is home to more than 1,000 local police departments, and many of them have struggled with recruitment and retention, especially since the pandemic," said Davis, who also serves as chair of PCCD. "The Shapiro-Davis Administration is giving communities the tools and resources they need to consolidate their law enforcement agencies, which will help address those staffing concerns and make policing safer for the officers. This is all part of our strategy to make Pennsylvania communities safer and make government work better for all of us, no matter what zip code you live in.""As you can imagine, there were many moving parts in trying to form a regional police department," said Lebanon County Regional Police Department Chief Tim Knight. "Securing the grant through PCCD gave us fiscal stability for our start-up expenses."Roundtable Participants Include:Lebanon County Regional Police Department Chief Tim KnightLieutenant Governor Austin DavisLebanon County Regional Police DepartmentLt. Paul Savini (former acting chief of North Cornwall Township PD)North Cornwall Township Supervisor and Lebanon County Regional Police Department Commission Chairman Michael WahmannNorth Lebanon Township Supervisor and Lebanon County Regional Police Department Commissioner Arden Snook
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