Washington Township Police

Due to a significant increase in the COVID-19 Virus spread, the Washington Township Building will have limited access beginning today, November 20, 2020 through Monday, December 7, 2020. This is being done in an abundance of caution for the safety of our staff and the general public. The lobby of the building will remain open during regular business hours with drop boxes to each of the Departments in the building. There is also a phone that can be utilized to make direct contact with the offices if you have any questions.

Travel Alert October 20, 2020 Lane Restrictions Route 66... Washington Township, Westmoreland County Uniontown, PA PennDOT District 12 would like to inform motorists of single lane restrictions on a section of Route 66 located in Washington Township in Westmoreland County. The lane restrictions will be in the northbound lane of Route 66 at the Route 380 intersection. The restrictions will occur on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23. The restrictions will occur between the hours of 7:30 am and 3 pm. The restrictions will be in place to allow crews to mill and repave the roadway. Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPittsburgh

The Department is working with a student from Seton Hill University on a project for her Restorative Justice class. She chose Washington Township Police for this project. We will be featuring an officer a week for the next few months. She interviewed the officers with a specific set of questions. The questions and answers are listed below. This Weeks featured Officer is Chief Slagle. How long have you been an officer?... 34 years What made you want to be an officer? I was always really involved with the community, I started out as a volunteer jr fireman, moved onto EMS as an EMT. It seemed like serving the community is what I wanted to do. I attended Indiana University of PA and majored in Criminal Justice. I moved on to law enforcement so I could still serve the community and make a living while doing what I enjoy. Do you have any specialized training? Chiefs of Police Command Institute for Police Executives through Penn State, Polex (Police executive development) basic and advanced, and many other trainings and certifications along the way. What’s your favorite part about working in the township? Being born and raised out here, I know a lot of people. In knowing them, it makes the job a lot easier. The community is very receptive to the police and it is a wonderful place to work. See more

The Washington Township Police Department would like to thank everyone involved in National Thank A Police Officer Day! We all appreciate and look forward to this event every year. We appreciate all your hard work and dedication to this event and to all the officers! On behalf of the entire Washington Township Police Department, THANK YOU!

Today, at little after 3 o'clock, The Washington Township Police, with the assistance of the Westmoreland County Detectives and Allegheny Township Police, executed a search warrant at a house located on Orchard Street. We were able to obtain the search warrant through an in depth investigation and with the assistance of the residents in the neighborhood. We were able to take another drug dealer off of the streets. We seized a substantial amount of heroin and cash. Thank you all who worked with us!

We would like to remind all residents of Washington Township (actually all areas) to lock your vehicles and remove all items of value from them. We had several entries in to unlocked vehicles through Thursday night in to Friday, May 22. Cash, wallets, credit cards were all stolen from those unlocked vehicles. The Thieves even stole a car from a driveway that had the keys left in it. Again, Please lock your cars and remove anything of value from them. Do not become a victim of opportunity.

Thanks for the much needed supplies Axon. #Axon #gotyoucovered

We would like to thank Polyconcept (PCNA) for the gifts today. We were supplied with backpacks, portable phone charges, stainless steel drink bottles and hand sanitizer. All of them contained our police logo. A very nice gesture from a business in Washington Township!

Anytime someone needs help when they are scared, when they have an emergency, when they are at their most vulnerable they can call 911 and a telecommunicator will answer. At any hour of the day or night, telecommunicators answer our calls. They will be professional, kind, compassionate, and they will send help when we need it. Telecommunicators represent the heart of the vital system that knits our communities and our nation together. You are the lifeline to many, especially to us. Thank You for all you do!

The planned power outage, for this weekend and next weekend, has been cancelled.

West Penn Power has notified us that there will be two brief power outages on the following dates to upgrade facilities. Please plan accordingly. Saturday, April 4 5pm - 6pm Sunday, April 12 5pm - 6pm

Effective Immediately: In response to the COVID19 pandemic, the Washington Township Police Department is making the following modifications/changes until further notice. 1. We will continue to respond to emergency calls involving the safety or immediate danger of persons or property. ... 2. Officers will use their discretion on all non-emergent calls on whether they respond or handle the call by phone 3. The Police Department has been secured and no walk ins are permitted. If you arrive at the station, officers have been instructed to ask a series of questions before you are given access to the lobby. Thank you for your patience in this matter