U.S. Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz will present local Montgomery County law enforcement officials and elected leaders with four checks totaling over $365,000 this Tuesday, January 22 at a 9:00 a.m. press conference on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse steps. Schwartz secured funding for the following Montgomery County law enforcement agencies in the omnibus spending bill which was signed into law by President Bush on December 26, 2007.

Eastern Montgomery County Regional Emergency Management Group
$164,500, emergency disaster incident training and evacuation planning

Ambler Police Department
$126,900, communications and security equipment
 
Towamencin Township Police Department
$42,300, technology upgrades

 Whitemarsh Township Police Department
$32,900, technology upgrades

Montgomery County Law Enforcement Press Conference

WHO: 

U.S. Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz;
Mayor Bud Wahl, Ambler Borough
Chief Rocco Wack, Ambler Police
Sgt. William Foley, Ambler Police
George Pasceri, public safety chair, Ambler Borough Council
Ed Momorella, deputy emergency management coordinator, Abington Township
Fire Marshal George Fida, emergency management coordinator, Horsham Township
Ken Hellendall, emergency management coordinator, Cheltenham Township
Paul Leonard, township manager/emergency management Coordinator, Upper Dublin Township
Lt. Tom McNamara, deputy emergency management coordinator, Abington Township
Susan Spinella, emergency management coordinator, Temple University Ambler
Chief Paul T. (Tim) Dickinson, Towamencin Township
Daniel Littley, chairman, Towamencin Township Board of Supervisors
Charles Wilson, public safety liaison, Towamencin Township Board of Supervisors
Robert Ford, township manager, Towamencin Township 
Chief Eileen Behr, Whitemarsh Township Police
Lt. Michael Beaty, Whitemarsh Township Police
Lt. Christopher Ward, Whitemarsh Township Police
Leslie Richards, chair, Board of Supervisors, Whitemarsh Township
Bob Borzetta, public information officer, Whitemarsh Township

WHEN: 

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 
9:00 a.m.

WHERE: 

Montgomery County Courthouse steps
Norristown, PA   

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