Police-chief search group set to interview candidate
Coatesville’s interim police chief expresses interest in keeping job
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Interim Police Chief James Bell said he plans to seek the permanent position.
A meeting between Coatesville’s police-chief search committee and a top candidate will be held next week, City Manager Kirby A. Hudson said Monday night.
Speaking after the City Council...
City Council focusing on Coatesville’s red ink
Ways to cut costs dominated Monday night’s meeting
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Council members Joseph Hamrick (from left), Jeff LoPrinzi and Jarrell Brazzle listen to explanations for some of the city’s recent expenditures.
Money – specifically a scarcity of it – dominated Coatesville City Council’s Monday night meeting.
The council voted to re-approve...
Vote to tap Coatesville trust fund unanimous
After three failed attempts, council agrees to withdraw nearly $2.25 million
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Former City Councilman Kareem Johnson expresses support to City Council and support for withdrawing money from the trust fund.
With their backs up against the wall, the seven members of Coatesville City Council voted unanimously Monday night to withdraw nearly $2.25 million...
Coatesville officer gets national recognition
Community policing specialist praised in federal newsletter
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Police Officer Rodger H. Ollis Jr. (left) is shown at a recent City Council meeting. To his right is Interim Police Chief James Bell.
As Coatesville overdoses on adverse publicity from its police and budget woes, a federal newsletter offers a positive perspective.
Coatesville Police...
Reconsideration plan for police chief falls short
City manager says only two council members submitted letters of support
Updated at 2:45 p.m. with quote from Councilman Jeff LoPrinzi
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
An effort to get Maj. John “Jack” W. Laufer III to change his mind about becoming Coatesville’s permanent police chief did not go as planned.
A plan to try and salvage a failed vote to hire a new police...
Coatesville’s worsening finances topic of meeting
Council members, residents criticize city’s wasteful spending
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
City Council members C. Arvilla Hunt (from left), David C. Collins and Joseph Hamrick are among those who have condemned the city’s wasteful spending.
Questions outnumbered answers at last night’s City Council meeting – itself a source of confusion.
Although the session...
Attorney: Police predicted sabotage of chief’s selection
Opinions vary as to how process will continue with dwindling candidates
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Councilwoman C. Arvilla Hunt confers with Councilman Jarrell Brazzle during Monday night’s controversial meeting.
The attorney representing the Coatesville Police Benevolent Association said today that members of the department predicted that the search committee’s...
