Crime & Safety
Ross Gets New Police Chief, New Deputy Chief
The township police department received a major overhaul on Tuesday.
ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — Former Pittsburgh police commander Cristyn Zett has been appointed the township's new police chief.
Zett previously was the commander of the city's Zone 6 West End station.
Zett replaces Joseph Ley, who has been the township police chief since 2016. Ley is retiring less than a year after the Ross Township Police Association took a no confidence vote in him. The vote was taken after revelations regarding a police sergeant's handling of a sexually explicit video
involving a North Hills High School student.
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Also on Tuesday, Brian Kohlhepp was named the department's deputy chief. He has been with the department for the past two decades.
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