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Lansdale Police present 2024 annual report; highlights include mental‑health co-responder program and planned rapid rehousing site
Summary
Police leadership reviewed the department’s 2024 annual report, citing declines in violent and property crime, continuation of a co-responder mental‑health program that assisted roughly 275 community members, reaccreditation and plans for a rapid‑rehousing facility at 1107 East Main Street.
Lansdale Police Department leaders presented the department’s 2024 annual report, describing crime trends, staffing changes, training totals and ongoing programs including a mental-health co-responder and a new rapid rehousing facility expected to open at 1107 East Main Street.
Mayor Gary Herbert opened the presentation with a summary of long-term crime trends: “Over the last decade, our Uniform Crime Reporting data or UCR data shows a steady decline in both violent and property crimes, a total decrease of over 18%,” he said, attributing the trend to community policing and partnerships.
Chief of Police and command staff described department staffing (28 sworn officers at the time of the report), promotions including the department’s first female lieutenant, completion of reaccreditation by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and more than 1,500 hours of professional training during 2024. The department’s co-responder mental-health program, launched in late 2023, was highlighted for assisting approximately 275 community members; the chief said the program began with grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and will need a funding decision for 2026 to continue as a permanent borough program.
The mayor and chief also discussed a rapid‑rehousing facility at 1107 East Main Street that Montgomery County will operate; the mayor said the site will provide short-term transitional housing for people moving from unsheltered to housed situations and credited county support for the project.
In outlining future technology and public-safety tools, the mayor referenced plans to deploy unmanned aerial systems for situational awareness and event management in 2025, saying the borough would balance privacy and ethics concerns as deployment plans are finalized.
Why it matters: The review consolidates staffing, programmatic and public-safety performance data for 2024 and identifies budget and policy questions — notably funding for the co-responder program beyond its PCCD grant and oversight/approval for the county-run rapid rehousing site.
No formal council action on the report was required or taken at the meeting.
Provenance: The annual report was presented during the agenda item titled “2024 police department annual report” and discussed between the mayor, police chief and council.
