MPD

Chief Lisa Parker and members of her staff were generously presented with a $10,000 donation on Wednesday by Lester Glenn president Adam Kraushaar, salesman Steve Regan and other executive staff of the Lester Glenn Auto Group. The donation was for the department’s K-9 unit. Mr. Regan, a salesman at Lester Glenn Chrysler, Jeep Dodge Ram, [...]

As Manchester prepares to launch a township-run Emergency Medical Services Division within its Department of Public Safety, nearly 60 ambitious candidates participated in an extensive testing process this past Saturday at Manchester Township Middle School. This testing was the first step for those candidates wishing to be considered for employment with the Division of EMS. [...]

On Sunday, December 29, 2019, at approximately 6:31 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of State Highway 37 and Commonwealth Blvd., to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers observed a 2016, Kia Sportage, stationary in the intersection of SH 37 westbound and Commonwealth Blvd. [...]

During the month of August, the Manchester Township Police Department investigated two separate burglaries to the Circle K convenience store located at 2001 Ridgeway Road in the eastern section of the township. Both burglaries occurred in the early morning hours when the store was closed and both took place within a seven day period. In [...]

On Saturday, December 14, 2019, officers from the Manchester Police Department responded to a residence on Mockingbird Way in the Pine Ridge section of Manchester Township for the report of an anonymous tip regarding narcotic related activity. During the course of the investigation, it was ascertained that no illegal narcotic activity had been taking place [...]

On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at approximately 6:06 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of State Highway 70 and Green Acres Road to investigate a serious motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles. Upon arrival, officers observed a 2017 Subaru Forester, with heavy front end damage in the eastbound lane [...]

Thank you to the Zaleck family, who on November 13, 2019, generously donated the monetary equivalent of a DJI drone to the Manchester Township Police Department. Retired Manchester Officer Sandy Drake and three year old Brian Drake presented the donation to the department on behalf of the Zaleck Family. Accepting the donation were Chief Lisa [...]

Manchester Police officers successfully averted a tragedy by de-escalating a situation in which a township man, armed with a semi-automatic rifle stated to a family member that he wanted to “kill people.” During the early morning hours of November 9, 2019 members of the Manchester Police Department investigated an incident at a Pine Lake Park [...]

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at approximately 8:29 am, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Route 530 and Congasia Road in the Whiting section of town to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles and a utility trailer in the roadway. Upon arrival, officers observed an orange 2009 [...]

The Manchester Township Police Department says goodbye and good luck to Detective Peter Manco, who retired on Oct. 31, 2019, due to an injury sustained in August of 2018 when he and three other officers were struck by an impaired driver while conducting a motor vehicle stop. Since then, Det. Manco valiantly attempted to [...]

Two Mercer County residents were arrested after being stopped on County Route 571 near the intersection of Commonwealth Blvd. On October 29, 2019, members of the Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) stopped a vehicle in the Circle K parking lot on County Route 571 for a motor vehicle violation. Through further investigation officers conducted a search [...]

On Sunday, October 6, 2019, at approximately 11:30 a.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Route 539 at the intersection of Cherry Street in the Whiting section of town to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving multiple vehicles and a motorcyclist. Upon arrival, officers observed a 2007 Honda Motorcycle on its side [...]

With the start of the school year, we’re pleased to introduce a new team of officers who are working to protect Manchester Township’s students! In addition to our new SRO Victoria Raub, who previously served in the Patrol Bureau, two Class III Officers, John Zupan and Henry “Rick” Pasqualini, have been assigned to work throughout [...]