{"id":4064,"date":"2026-08-18T17:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:15:05","slug":"a-chester-county-borough-will-join-a-regional-police-force-dismantling-their-own-over-budgetary-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4064","title":{"rendered":"A Chester County borough will join a regional police force, dismantling their own over budgetary concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Oxford\u2019s century-old police department will be disbanded, with the borough joining several other municipalities under the service of a regional law enforcement agency next year, council decided during a meeting that grew contentious Monday.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4062\">Kennett Square is capping Airbnbs and other short-term rentals to address housing availability<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><p>Council voted 5-2 to join the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department and Commission and approved a memorandum of understanding for the services, effective Jan. 1. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>The decision comes after the borough has, for years, struggled to keep their police force from cutting too deeply into the municipality\u2019s budget. Though Oxford\u2019s financial health has in recent years been stronger than previously forecasted, maintaining the department without increasing taxes was becoming untenable, officials said previously. <\/p><div><\/div><p>But the choice to cut the department has stoked fears from the community, who have designed T-shirts and lawn signs, held protests, started petitions and social media pages, and turned up at meetings to oppose the effort. <\/p><div><\/div><p>On Monday, residents called on the council to retain their department or delay the vote. The meeting grew contentious. As people shouted from the audience, council requested that disrupters be escorted out several times through the hour-and-a-half-long meeting. As council weighed their vote, attendees shouted for them to \u201cresign now.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Under council\u2019s vote, Oxford will now join nearby municipalities New Garden, West Grove, and Avondale for service through the regional department. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>The regional department, formed in 2017, employs 21 full-time officers, who patrol and investigate, in addition to providing services like traffic safety, public outreach, and evidence management. The borough will have a seat at the table in the governance of the department.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The memorandum stipulates that the department will add 12 new officers to service Oxford, with a substation where officers will begin and end their shifts, according to borough officials. Two officers will be on patrol 24-7, as they currently are. Borough leaders hope to see the entirety of their 11-officer force accept positions in the regional department. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Still, residents have worried over the loss of their homegrown force, with concerns about sluggish response times or increased crime due to the regionalization.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Oxford police responded to about 4,400 calls for service, mostly for property and house checks, in 2023, according to the most recent data in a July analysis from Keystone Municipal Solutions.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=4060\">The Union are close to a deal to bring back Mark McKenzie<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cWhat I pray to God does not happen, is that I have to get a call because we didn\u2019t have a local police department to protect our residents,\u201d said resident Henry \u201cTed\u201d Ruffenach, a funeral director. \u201cI don\u2019t want to get that call. If it does happen, this will be on every one of your resumes.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Bob McCarron, president of the Chester County Fraternal Order of the Police, called on the council to consider whether giving up local control was worth regionalization. <\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cIt truly is a decision that, once you make it, you won\u2019t be able to come back from,\u201d he told them. <\/p><div><\/div><p>An attempt to table the decision, raised by council member Amanda Birdwell who argued she hadn\u2019t talked to enough residents about their stance on regionalization, did not receive enough votes. She ultimately cast a dissenting vote against regionalization, joined by council member Raul Juarez-Lara. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cEven though people are being disrespectful and rude, we were still elected to represent them and I feel like another reason I asked to table is because while I know we all want this to be over with, we can\u2019t make a decision because we\u2019re mad that people aren\u2019t being nice to us,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s irresponsible.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>But others felt it was the only sustainable way forward.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cI truly believe that the only way to maintain policing in the borough of Oxford \u2026 going forward, for my children, is regional,\u201d council member Michael Brandt said. \u201cWe will not have a police force in less than several years at the rate things are going. I\u2019m sorry none of you can listen to us and understand that.\u201d <\/p><div><\/div><p>The borough will hold a town hall with the regional department\u2019s police chief, Joe Greenwalt, on Thursday. <\/p><div><\/div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" alt=\"The Inquirer logo\" class=\"wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/faba80d67140212ba32240655442c529.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n        Inquirer Chester County\n      <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Want to get Inquirer Chester County straight to your inbox every week? Sign up here for our guide to the news, stories, and events shaping life in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div><\/div><p><i>This suburban content is produced with support from the Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. 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