Wilkes-Barre Township Police Benevolent Association Inc

03/04/2025

08/29/2024

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02/20/2024

Civil Service Announcement

Civil Service Exam Announcement

Full-Time Police Officer, Wilkes-Barre Township, Pa

Wilkes Barre Township Police is seeking applicants for the position of full-time police officer. Applications can be picked up at 150 Watson Street, Wilkes Barre Township Pa. 18702 starting February 19, 2024 and ending March 08, 2024. The test is scheduled to take place on March 27, 2024.

Anyone with questions can message this page or stop by police headquarters and speak with an officer.

FAQ SECTION
1. You must be enrolled in ACT 120 or certified at the time of application or you will not be considered for employment. Wilkes Barre Township does not sponsor officers to attend the ACT 120 program.

2. Applications must be accompanied by a $30.00 non-refundable check when returned.

3. As of 2024 our starting rate is $57, 717.00 a year. There is a five-year step-up program as of this contract year where a patrolman will top out at $68, 611.00.

4. Health, Dental, and Vision coverage, sick time, personal days, and vacation increases with years of service. We also offer longevity pay, healthcare buyback if you have your own insurance and a list of other benefits under our current contract.

5. You must be at least 20 years of age to be employed by Wilkes Barre Township Police.

6. NO we will not hire you to run our page.

02/08/2024

CHALLENGE COINS ARE SOLD OUT

Watch this page and the Wilkes Barre Township Police page for updates on when the next set of challenge coins will be available.

There are still some calendars and XL hoodies left for sale. Email [email protected] if you are interested.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

02/06/2024

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Civil Service Exam Announcement

Full-Time Police Officer, Wilkes-Barre Township, Pa

Wilkes Barre Township Police is seeking applicants for the position of full-time police officer. Applications can be picked up at 150 Watson Street, Wilkes Barre Township Pa. 18702 starting February 19, 2024 and ending March 08, 2024. The test is scheduled to take place on March 27, 2024.
An announcement with further details will be made closer to February 19, 2024.

Anyone with questions can message this page or stop by police headquarters and speak with an officer.

FAQ SECTION

1. You must be enrolled in ACT 120 or certified at the time of application or you will not be considered for employment.

2. Wilkes Barre Township does not sponsor people to attend the ACT 120 program.

3. As of 2024 our starting rate is $57, 717.00 a year. There is a five-year step-up program as of this contract year where a patrolman will top out at $68, 611.00.
Health, Dental, and Vision coverage, sick time, personal days, and vacation increases with years of service. We also offer longevity pay, healthcare buy back if you have your own insurance, and a list of other benefits under our current contract.


4. The testing fee will be announced closer to the official announcement. (Feb 19, 2024)

5. You must be over the age of 21 to work for Wilkes Barre Township Police. Currently, you must be 21 years of age at the time of hire not testing.

02/05/2024

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02/05/2024

Congrats on retirement Sgt. Phillips

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02/05/2024

Welcome to the show !

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02/01/2024

K9 Challenge coins SOLD OUT


Ptlm Mock and his partner "Kali" are going to school for training and are raising funds to cover costs associated with her upkeep.
The K9 Unit has a limited number of coins and calendars available for sale.
Anyone interested in purchasing the items is asked to email [email protected] or come to 150 Watson Street, Wilkes Barre Township Pennsylvania. If you have any questions you can contact us at 570 606 4791.
Shipping is available.

Coins $15.00 each
Calendar $10.00 each

If you buy both items together it's $ 20.00

Cash and PayPal are accepted. Email for details.

All profits made will be put into the Wilkes Bare Township K9 fund for the upkeep and training of "Kali". This sale is being conducted by the Wilkes Barre Township K9 unit and has no association with the Township , police department or the administration.

10/31/2023

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Halloween is right around the corner!

Join us again this year for the annual Police & Fire Department Trunk or Treat!

Bring the kids for treats at the Fire Hall parking lot, Tuesday, October 31, from 5pm to 7pm!

We will see you there!

10/20/2023

In the last several months, Wilkes-Barre Township Police has noticed the same comment on most Retail Theft posts, "Why are the thieves stealing from (insert store name here.) Let us assure you the criminal statistics of these stores are not higher or lower when compared to similar establishments.
The trick to reported crime statistics is that the crimes must be reported. Our Bureau of Pre-Crime was dismantled in 2021, thanks to COVID shutdowns. "Thanks, Obama!"
Some of our local stores have full-time loss prevention staff that work closely with local police, and they are featured on FaceBook feeds more prominently. We want to avoid besmirching the names of any mercantile establishments and want to help set the record straight.
We are happy to assist any store with the prosecution of thefts. Unfortunately, most retail staff is not appropriately trained or allowed to pursue and/or prosecute the thefts that occur even in full view of the employee. There is little that can be done by police or the employees without certain conditions and evidentiary process standards being met under the law or their corporate policy.
We also assure you that most, and not all, of the pictures that we post were not taken with a potato camera. When you do use a potato, we prefer the Yukon Gold 500 with at least 1 megapixel per eye.
Yes, we agree some of the photographs are of poor quality, and the human race does have better pictures of Mars or the Andromeda galaxy than the local crab or television thief.
The Mars rover program has cost over 1.08 billion US dollars (https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-the-mars-exploration-rovers #:~:text=The%20Mars%20Exploration%20Rover%20(MER,15%20years%20of%20mission%20operations).
Those programs have dozens, if not hundreds, of people working on their cameras, and someone can select which of the copious amounts of photographs taken from the stationary rover that is staring at a rock for six hours and publish that one.
The public doesn't see the blurry pictures or the fascinating ones; we all know that NASA, JPA, ESA, CIA, NSA, KGB, Area 51, Illuminati, and the MIB are hiding the images of alien Wal-Marts (aka Blip Blop Marts), alien Waffle House's (aka Floogle Homm's) and Alien Dollar General's (Blenfarch Bin) on Mars. They are keeping those pictures secret, and all we get are pictures of boring dirt and rocks.
The typical Pan Tilt Zoom security camera costs a few thousand dollars and is sometimes operated by Fred or Jane from Loss Prevention for only eight out of the sixteen hours the store is open. The posts you see on our Facebook are usually super heinous, entertaining, or we can't solve them without your help.
Also, once in a while, believe it or not........we don't post pictures from crimes because........Police already know who some of the thieves are because you know.....recidivism.

Live Long and Prosper. May the Force be with you; one does not simply walk into Mordor also; we drink, and we know things