CLARKS SUMMIT BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT
Clarks Summit Borough Police Department
304 South State Street (Basement Level)
Clarks Summit, PA 18411
ROLE/DUTIES
The Clarks Summit Borough Police Department provides policing services to the Borough 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Department is charged with the enforcement of Pennsylvania motor vehicle laws, and criminal statutes, the Department enforces (with some exceptions) the Borough's Ordinances. Additionally, the Police Officers provide routine patrol duties and accident investigation. Usually, the first to arrive at an emergency scene, the Police Officers provide "first responder" services, until other emergency service units arrive "on-scene".
The Department also provides other public policing services, which include, but are not limited to, investigating resident complaints, responding to alarms, enforcement of the Borough's parking meters, assisting county, state and federal law enforcement agencies, applicant fingerprinting (for Clarks Summit Borough residents only), etc.
The Department also participates in County wide enforcement programs, to include D.U.I. Enforcement, Narcotics investigation/enforcement and Emergency Response (S.W.A.T.).
Mrs. Barbara Blackledge has served with the Department for over twenty years. Barbara resides in the Borough of Clarks Summit.