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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.. Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. [1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.
The office of the Pennsylvania State Constable is a municipally elected, sworn Law Enforcement Officer [4] throughout the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [5]Pennsylvania State Constables are elected in each borough, township, and city ward in the state—except in Philadelphia (although constables may still exercise authority in the City of Philadelphia) —and serve six-year terms.
The national non-emergency contact number for the MCP and Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) is (301) 279–8000. Locally, residents and visitors can call 911 in case of emergencies ONLY. The ECC is staffed 24/7/365. Montgomery County borders Washington, D.C., and is home to over 1 Million residents and growing.
Authorities in Montgomery County are sounding the alarm about an ongoing phone scam they say has “returned" to the area. Police warn of phone scam that threatens victims with fake arrests ...
The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905.
Montgomery County, colloquially referred to as Montco, [1] is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census , the population of the county was 856,553, making it the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, also the most populous county in Pennsylvania without a major city. [ 2 ]
Northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre: 582: 814 [b] 610 [b] 484, 835: 215, 717 (1994) Southeastern Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia, including the Lehigh Valley but excluding all but northernmost Bucks County and the eastern half of Montgomery County: 717 [a] [b] 223: South Central Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg ...
The western end of the county, including Lansford and Summit Hill, use 610 and 484 for mobile and digital numbers while retaining 570 and 645 for conventional phone numbers. Chester County : The entire county except the extreme western portion, which is served by the 717 and 442 Gap exchange.