Tag: Chester Township Police
This Week in Chester History
In 1979, former Township Clerk Margaret Thomson made history as the first woman appointed to the Chester Township police department as a regular police officer. The council voted unanimously on the appointment. Thomson had been an employee of the township for nine years as a part-time secretary and township clerk.
This Week in Local History…
In 1961, Chester Township Police Chief Edward Strait warned local parents that all children connected to Halloween pranks resulting in property damage would be prosecuted, regardless of the cost of the damage. Source: Observer-Tribune.
This Week in Chester History…
Chester Township Council named Special Police Officer Harold Dilley as a part-time regular patrolman on a permanent basis, said the Observer-Tribune in 1961. Dilley would then be able to participate in the state’s retirement program. Previously, there were only four special officers.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1960, a high-speed crash killed 21-year-old Eamon Fay of Kearny on the Dover-Chester Road. Fay and Michael J. Briscoe (also of Kearny) were driving at approximately 70 mph when the car skidded off the road, then returned to the road and veered 250 ft before hitting and knocking over a utility pole. The car did not stop there, but skidded an additional 20 feet before landing upright against a tree, said Chester Township Police Chief Edward Strait. Source: Observer-Tribune
