Crime & Safety

Tell A Police Officer "Thank You" Today

Have you thanked a cop lately?

You can do this any day, but especially today, Saturday, Sept. 15, National Tell A Police Officer "Thank You" Day, please take time to thank a police officer for all police do in your community.

While they're only a few words, they will mean a lot.

Today's message is especially poignant considering Thursday's fatal shooting of an officer in the line of duty in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.

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by a man who was on probation after pleading guilty to forgery charges.

Fox is one of four officers killed in the line of duty in Pennsylvania so far this year.

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Last year, of Bethlehem when he was shot to death responding to a complaint in Freemansburg. George Hitcho Jr. in the case in May.

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