Good to know. It didn’t make a lot of sense that the story would have come from the area I lived in. Rural, country, red necks roamed wild there. Been a long time ago, though.
Hempfield Township of Westmoreland is the poster child for why well-populated municipalities ought to provide their own Police (either alone or in a Regional department) rather than depending on the State Police...or pay a per-person fee to PSP.
Essentially every taxpayer in PA in areas served by local Police are subsidizing your Hempfield’s free ride through our general fund and liquid fuels taxes.