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Sheriff Montgomery credits added staff, traffic unit and community programs for drops in some crimes
Summary
Sheriff Montgomery told the York County Board of Supervisors that staffing additions helped create a traffic unit, expanded community policing and specialty teams; he cited declines in several property-crime categories and described new equipment and grants that staff say will support investigations and public safety.
Sheriff Montgomery delivered a wide-ranging update to the York County Board of Supervisors on April 21, saying staffing and community programs helped reduce several categories of crime while improving response and investigative capacity.
Montgomery, describing the department’s philosophy that “small things matter,” credited two consecutive budget cycles that added deputies with enabling the creation of a traffic unit and other specialty teams. He told the board the office now runs four patrol shifts, a traffic unit, a K‑9 unit and an accident‑reconstruction team, and that deputies carry AEDs and Narcan. He said the office deployed AEDs five times and administered Narcan 13 times in 2025.
On K‑9 operations, the sheriff…
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