Yeadon mayor’s forum installs chaplain, honors detectives in elder-theft case and fields resident complaints about unanswered emails

Yeadon — At the borough’s final quarterly mayor’s forum on Dec. 4, the mayor installed Pastor Noel Cherry as the town’s new police chaplain, honored detectives for an investigation into the alleged theft of an elderly resident’s credit card, and took repeated resident questions about what to do when emails to elected officials are not returned.

The mayor opened the meeting by describing the forum’s purpose as a quarterly town-hall-style check on local leadership and introduced council members in attendance, including Councilor Jesse Petes, Council President Antoinette Trueheart and Councilor Nicole Beatty. After a brief invocation from Bishop Karen Dixon and the Pledge of Allegiance, Yeadon’s police chief gave a public-safety update, saying crime “has been going down” and announcing the department’s final accreditation visit scheduled for Jan. 22, which he said can help with transparency and with insurance and grant competitiveness.

Council President Toni Trueheart framed the chaplaincy as a support service for officers and the community: “Our…