Police Officer Fills 25-Year Vacant Post In Bensalem

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — The Bensalem Township Police Department held a ceremony on Wednesday to promote a police officer to captain, filling a post that had been vacant for 25 years.

Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo and Director of Public Safety William McVey announced the promotion of Robert Bugsch to the position of captain, a leadership position reinstated in the Bensalem Township Police Department.

Bugsch has 30 years of law enforcement experience as a police officer, having served 23 years in Bensalem and seven years in Apache Junction, Arizona.

He has risen through the ranks over his career and has commanded our Professional Services Division, Motor Patrol Unit, Special Investigations Unit, and SWAT, officials said.

In addition to these duties, Captain Bugsch also helps to organize the annual Bucks County Tour of Honor for Veterans and assists with many events throughout the year to benefit the Bucks County Hero Scholarship Fund.

Bugsch is a graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety Staff and Command School in 2012 and the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police in 2021.

The Bensalem Police Department thanks Mayor DiGirolamo and the Township Council for their support on the promotion, and the Philadelphia Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies who attended the ceremony on Wednesday.

(Bensalem Township Police Department)