Boardman PD welcomes new police officer

BOARDMAN — Township police department staffing now is up to 59 officers.

Joshua Kozic was sworn in as the police department’s newest patrolman at a board of trustees meeting tonight. A township patrolman starts off making $17 per hour.

In other board business, trustees voted to approve several purchases: a new snow plow, at a cost of $5,450; replacement of a cement pad in the parking lot of fire station 74 on South Avenue, at a cost of $14,725; a new camera-surveillance system to replace the current system at the township government center, at a cost of $4,632; and an advertising/marketing package from Farris Marketing of Boardman for a new senior check-in program the police department is set to launch, at a cost of $34,050.

Township officials are set to unveil the new program at a news conference Wednesday. They say it is the last piece of what they promised voters when they asked for a five-year, 3.85-mill levy that is up for renewal this year.

The program will send out automated calls to participants on the days and times of their choice. If they do not answer and verify that they are OK, a call will then go to a designated contact person; the next step is to send a police officer to the resident’s home.

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