Crisis Intervention Training

As more local police officers prepare to participate in crisis intervention training, police and members of the mental health community said those trained are benefiting the region.
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Why don't abuse witnesses speak up?

It's unusual that there were so many witnesses to the alleged abuse, but no one told police or child protection services about it, Somerset Police Chief Randy Cox said. Read More >>

Appreciating That Which Surrounds Us

My heroes this Christmas are the members of the Somerset Borough police department.
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Reason to Work Together

We recently had two examples of good policing and how the public can help authorities. Read More>

Criminal cases decline in Somerset Borough

Driving through the borough – day or night – the police officers are hard to miss.
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Night Out Draws Crowd

Somerset's Night Out drew a nice crowd, even though a late afternoon rain threatened to derail the event Tuesday.

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Somerset police ready for motorcycle patrol

Somerset Borough is joining a growing number of area municipalities instituting motorcycle patrols. And in Somerset’s case, taxpayers are getting a free ride for the first several months

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County's new DUI task force unveiled

At a media event Friday in the Somerset County Office Building's rotunda, Somerset Borough police Chief Randy Cox explained that Somerset County DUI Task Force members will operate checkpoints regionally, using more than a dozen local officers to work the checkpoints.
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Somerset Volunteers drink to help train police

Six people helped local police by having a few drinks Wednesday.

The volunteers consumed alcohol so the Somerset County DUI Task Force could practice administering field sobriety tests at the borough building. Read More>>

Respected Officer Dies

Clifford Pile, a veteran Somerset Borough police officer, died Saturday morning of cancer. Read More >

Police helped rescue tenants

Beckner and Snyder heard the frantic screams of three people trapped on a rear balcony, grabbed a ladder from a nearby construction area and whisked the occupants and a cat to safety, police Chief Randy Cox said. Read More >>

Officers Receive Commendations

Somerset could have suffered a grotesque tragedy on October 8th,  2006, had it not been for the calm, collected and effective reaction of three Somerset Borough Police Officers. Read More >>

Harold D. “Hoagie” Hoggard

77, Friedens, died Aug. 28, 2006, at Somerset Hospital.He was employed by Somerset Borough Police from 1959 through 1984 and was a patrol officer, motor officer and criminal investigator. Read More >>

Ride-along with Somerset police

It’s a night in Somerset Borough, with Officers Michael Gray and David Deist on the job.
A report comes in about a possible assault on East Patriot Street . Gray, a five-year veteran, and Deist, a 22-year veteran, respond to the house, where one man was reported to have assaulted another.Read More>>

Police discuss meth awareness

Illegal methamphetamine production is devastating communities in the southwestern part of the United States , Somerset Borough Police Chief Randy Cox said. Read More >>

Somerset mayor swears in canine unit

The new members of the Somerset Borough Police Department both came to Monday's borough council meeting with their families. The mayor introduced them to the council, and the police chief gave their families certificates to honor the service they were about to begin providing Somerset.
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Arny makes first official drug bust

Thursday, March 30, 2006

On his first official day on patrol, the Somerset Borough Police Department's drug dog was instrumental in a drug bust Wednesday afternoon.

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Lotto Scam

Counterfeit Somerset Trust Co. checks have been sent out to people with a letter saying they won the lottery. “There have not been any victims in the Somerset area or in the area of a Somerset Trust branch right now,” said Somerset Borough Police Officer Tony Novak. Read More >>

NEW ADDITIONS WILL HELP DEPARTMENT

With an expanded police force, borough police Chief Randy Cox said the department is sharpening its focus on traffic patrol and halting drug trafficking. “When you’re stretched too thin, you don’t have time to do the basics,” Cox said. The numbers show the need for more officers: Year to date, the borough’s crime rate has increased 33 percent from 2004 figures through November.
The changes mean a fulfilled childhood dream for Officer Tony Novak, whose full-time status was approved Dec. 12 at a council meeting. Read More >>

POLICE HELP KATRINA VICTIMS

Officer Tony Novak and the Somerset Borough Police Department collected water for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on Sept 17. Read More >>

K-9 Unit

"The new staffing, including the K-9 unit, will help us get back to basics with more patrol and more officer presence,” said Somerset Borough Police Chief Randy Cox. “We're hoping this will free up officers and give them more time to engage in routine duties.” Officer Brian Harbart will be the handler of the K-9 unit. Read More >>

DUI checkpoint sends message to motorists

Four borough officers and four state troopers stopped all vehicles traveling northbound out of town, asking drivers for their license, registration and whether they had been drinking.
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After 26 years with Somerset Borough Police Department
Clifford Pile, officer in charge, retired June 21.

"Cliff wore so many hats," Police Chief Randy Cox said. "I could go on and on with everything he did and I am probably forgetting things because he did so much." Read More >>

National Night Out 2005

We would like to thank all the people that helped to make this
a great success! View pictures from this Night Out. Read More >>

Bears find interest in the Borough

Somerset Police have responded to a number of calls about a black bear (or bears) coming into town in the past few weeks. September 4, 2005. Read More >>

Chief Concerns

He asked for it, and he got it. Even-keel borough police Chief Randy Cox said he was looking for a post to jolt him out of his comfort zone when he accepted his job a year ago. "I do my best work when I'm challenged," he said. Read More >>

Citation of Valor

Beckner and Santa will each be awarded a citation for valor. In announcing the citations, Chief Randy Cox noted that, “Both officers risked their safety and their lives in attempting to rescue the child. They were not simply doing their jobs, they were going above and beyond the call of duty. Read More >>

Police Hold Fraud Seminar

Somerset County resident recently lost $40,000 in a lottery scam, Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. John P. Rock said Friday at a seminar “Fraud and the Somerset Business” state police and Somerset Borough Police presented. Somerset area banking institutions sponsored the seminar hosted by Ruby Tuesday. Read More >>