It has been a little more than 90 days since Richard Ciampa was hired to be the new Morrisville Chief of Police and he’s still getting to know the community he was hired to serve. During the September Morrisville Borough Council meeting, Chief of Police Richard Ciampa made some community related announcements and updated residents and officials about the department’s traffic enforcement activities.
Ciampa said he will be visiting senior center beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday September 27. The chief said Coffee with a Cop is scheduled tentatively for October 2 at Giant. A police sponsored trunk or treat is set for October 29 at the municipal building. More details on all of the police department’s community engagement efforts will be released in the coming days, he said.
Ciampa reminded residents that although the vehicle thefts are on the decline (data comparison for the last two months) “it’s still important for people to understand and know to lock your doors.” He thanked those who are willing to share their ring camera footage, “… a lot of times we get to houses and those batteries are dead, so charge those ring cameras.” The footage help solve some of of thefts issues and identify violators, he said.
“It’s not perfect, it’s not great, but we’re moving there, but what is notable is that our officers made more arrests this month than last month. So what does that mean, it means they’re out there in the public, they’re working, and they’re doing their job, which is fantastic.”
In addition, Ciampa said, Cpl. Lew Halas conducted 14 commercial motor vehicle inspections. “In a little over two weeks and there’s probably been two to three dozen other motor vehicle stops made by officers. Ciampa reminded borough motorists that schools are open and to be aware students in the borough primarily walk to school. He said officers have assigned locations near schools to ensure motorists traveling in and through Morrisville are obeying student safety protocols. The chief said he saw a motorist who was behind a school bus from outside Morrisville, lose their patience and go around the bus on Bridge Street. “We just can’t have that” he said.
We’re out there, we’re sending the message and we’re educating motorist’s and truck drivers about the upcoming changes (S. Pennsylvania Ave) and we’re enforcing…”, the traffic laws, Ciampa said.
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