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County, state policing boundaries under review as officials push for mutual-aid clarity
Summary
Colonel Jamie Leonard told the New Castle County Public Safety Committee the county is reviewing jurisdictional agreements with Delaware State Police to resolve gray areas such as mixed-use developments; councilmembers asked for a phased analysis and warned rural/southern areas need additional resources.
At the Feb. 18 New Castle County Public Safety Committee meeting, Colonel Jamie Leonard said the county is re-examining jurisdictional agreements with the Delaware State Police to clarify which roads and properties each agency will police.
Leonard said long-standing agreements work in many areas but produce “gray areas” when residential units are added to commercial sites — for example, apartments built above businesses on Silverside Road. “The businesses themselves are handled…
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