Date of Incident: 16 October 2008
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The Southwestern Regional Police Department is pleased to announce the hiring of a new officer for the department.  The hiring filled a vacated position from last year and brings the department up to our allotment of 13 full-time officers.  The recent hire is Brandon E. Nolan, who began service in July of this year.  He is currently assigned to the Field Training Program for 13 weeks where he rides with one of the department’s Field Training Officers. 

Officer Nolan is 23 years of age and relocated to York County with his wife from Johnstown, PA.  His wife is employed as a school teacher at a local school district.  Officer Nolan grew up in Johnstown and is a graduate of the Penn Highlands Community College and the Johnstown Regional Police Academy.

Officer Nolan was selected by our department after he completed testing through the York County Police Hiring Consortium which the department is a member.  He successfully completed our rigorous pre-employment testing to include a thorough background investigation, physical testing, psychological testing, polygraph exam, and oral and written testing.