Council hires school resource officer for technical institute
New Berlin Borough Council approves school resource officer partnership with technical institute. The council voted unanimously to hire former officer Jason Engleman as a school resource officer for Sun Area Technical Institute at $29 per hour after Union County declined to renew its own SRO
misc · Meeting of January 6, 2026
PA NEW BERLIN — New Berlin Borough Council approves school resource officer partnership with technical institute. The council voted unanimously to hire former officer Jason Engleman as a school resource officer for Sun Area Technical Institute at $29 per hour after Union County declined to renew its own SRO agreement with the school. Engleman will be hired as a New Berlin police officer with primary duty as school resource officer and may leave the position to respond to borough emergencies.
The council also hired Caleb Gehman as a police patrol officer on probationary status and passed an emergency resolution authorizing repairs to address subsidence at 600 Plum Street caused by pipe failure during Tropical Storm Debby.
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Source: the misc meeting of January 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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