Attention Mountville residents

The Mountville Borough Neighborhood Crime Watch will be meeting on  Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Mountville Area Community Center.
The highlights of the meeting will include “Meet and Greet” with members of the West Hempfield Township Police Department as well as a presentation of Mountville Borough anticipated “Facebook” sight to be demonstrated by Borough Mayor Phil Kresge.
“The West Hempfield Township Police Department started patrolling the Borough on Jan. 1 and believe that it is important for the residents of the Borough to have an opportunity to meet our officers.” stated Chief Mark Pugliese, “We will also give a short presentation on what our department and our officers have to offer as well as give those in attendance the opportunity to ask questions.”
The importance of Neighborhood Crime Watches Program is to teach the residents how to recognize
suspicious activity and how to report it. Crime Watch programs also teach individuals ways to reduce their
risk from becoming a victim of a crime. Additionally they also provide the opportunity for neighbors to get
to know each other as well as build relationships between residents and their police department.
Upcoming meetings have been tentatively scheduled for June 8 where the topic of discussion will focus
on Computer, Internet and Social Networking Safety and for Sept. 14 where the topic of discussion
will be on self defense.
All meetings are to be held at the Mountville Area Community Center.