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Police and Fire
Cops Fill Commissioners’ Board Room To Protest 10-Day Suspension
The Board Room at the Township Building, where the Commissioners usually conduct business in front of mostly empty chairs, was at capacity, and then some, on Wednesday night (March 15). Members of the Lower Merion Police Department and their supporters were there to express their disapproval of the commissioners' recent decision to override Superintendent Michael McGrath's … [Read more...] about Cops Fill Commissioners’ Board Room To Protest 10-Day Suspension
LM Cop Suspended 80 Hours For Tasing Incident
On Wednesday night (March 8), the Police Committee of the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners rejected Superintendent Michael McGrath's recommendation for an 8-hour suspension of the officer who tased a woman in the parking lot of the Wawa Store on Conshohocken State Road, in Bala Cynwyd. The tasing incident occured on January 8 of the is year. The committee did pass a … [Read more...] about LM Cop Suspended 80 Hours For Tasing Incident
Public Comment – 31-1 Disapprove Of Lower Merion Police Handling Of Tasing Incident
On Wednesday night (January 18), a large crowd attended a meeting of the Lower Merion Commissioners' Police Committee. During public comment, 31 people expressed their disapproval of the Lower Merion Police Department's handling of a January 8 traffic stop that resulted in a woman being tased by a township police officer. Joseph (Yossie) Abramson was the only one who stood up … [Read more...] about Public Comment – 31-1 Disapprove Of Lower Merion Police Handling Of Tasing Incident
Lower Merion Police Chief On Tasing Incident – “We Could Have Performed Better.”
At a press conference today about a tasing incident that occurred during a traffic stop on January 8, Lower Merion Police Superintendent Michael McGrath maintained that his officers had done nothing illegal at the time of the stop. Still, McGrath acknowledged that "we could have done better." The press conference took at the Township Administraion Building and was convered by … [Read more...] about Lower Merion Police Chief On Tasing Incident – “We Could Have Performed Better.”