For the second time in two weeks, residents and area police officers packed a Collingdale Borough Council meeting Tuesday to protest the planned hiring of a new police chief. However something unexpected happened.
The Borough of Collingdale has voted to hire a new police chief, but not the one many were expecting.For the second time in two weeks, residents and area police officers packed the Collingdale Borough Council meeting to protest the hiring of a new top cop.After a community outcry, Collingdale Council announced a suspended Chester Police detective is no longer being considered for the job.
"I have never set eyes on her if she was in this room tonight I wouldn’t know who she was. None of us wouldn’t" said Collingdale Mayor Donna Matteo-Spadea.Matteo-Spadea says she and other on Council told Fox 29 they had no idea there was another candidate being considered until 5 minutes before the meeting. Collingdale has been without a Police Chief since June when its former chief, Patrick Kilroy, was demoted by the council after just 6 months on the job.
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