19-Year-Old Plymouth Resident Arrested After Investigation in Springfield Twp.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP - Springfield Township Police announced the arrest of 19-year-old Plymouth Meeting Resident Thomas Polczynski in relation to changes including 'Disseminating photographs/film of child sex acts', 'Unlawful contact with a minor', 'Criminal use of a communication facility', 'Corruption of minors' and 'Obscene and other sexual materials'.

The arrest came after an investigation by Springfield Township Police who were looking into allegations Polczynski disseminated the images via social media in an attempt to engage underage subjects.

According to Springfield Township Police, Polczynski was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Katherine McGill today and released on $100,000 unsecured bail. His hearing is scheduled for August. Any discussion of charges are allegations and suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Those with additional information, are encouraged to contact Detective Craig at scraig@springfieldpd.org

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Local Police Participate in "Operation Safe Driver Week" July 12-18 2020

Whitpain Township Police will be just one of many local departments participating in Operation Safe Driver Week which takes place July 12-18, 2020. This targeted program is founded by the Commercial Safe Driver Association (CVSA) and according to their website,

"the program aimed at reducing deaths and injuries involving large trucks, buses and cars due to unsafe driver behaviors. The Alliance intends to accomplish this goal by educating all drivers about ways to share the roads safely.

The Operation Safe Driver program has two main campaigns to educate drivers.

• Teens and Trucks – Our Teens and Trucks program aims to educate youth drivers about how to drive safely around a large truck or bus.

• Defeat Distracted Driving – Defeat Distracted Driving is our campaign aimed at educating commercial vehicle drivers about the dangers of distracted driving and ways to avoid becoming distracted while on our roadways.

In addition, there is an annual one-week enforcement and educational blitz,  Operation Safe Driver Week, that spotlights unsafe driving behaviors by both commercial motor vehicle drivers and car drivers in an effort to combat the number of deaths and injuries from crashes.

Operation Safe Driver holds activities across the United States, Canada and Mexico to increase commercial vehicle and non-commercial vehicle traffic enforcement, safety belt enforcement, and driver roadside inspections; improve driver regulatory compliance; implement commercial driver educational and awareness programs to the motor carrier population; educate youth about safely sharing the roads with large trucks and buses; and increase awareness to the general motoring public about safe operations around commercial motor vehicles.

CVSA – in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), state, provincial and local law enforcement, and industry – launched the Operation Safe Driver campaign in 2007 to reduce the number of deaths and injuries resulting from crashes involving large trucks, buses and cars."

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Whitpain will be focusing on speeding during the week.

One More COVID Parade for Plymouth Township, This One is For You

On July 4th Plymouth Township Emergency Services will host one last COVID parade and this one is to thank residents for the support of the local emergency services during these unprecedented times.

The parade will start at Colonial Middle School at 10 am on July 4th. Plymouth Police, Plymouth Township, Harmonville Fire Company, and Plymouth Fire Company along with Plymouth Ambulance will all participate The parade will attempt to hit every area of the township over a 2-hour time span. Residents are encouraged to come out, remain socially distant, and wave hello. Everyone is encouraged to wear Red, White, and Blue!

Funny story, the last time we had a parade in our area one of the neighbors came out yelling at us saying we were all crazy! The neighbor continued to yell "You could have had a small party by now! You are all crazy!" Can't wait for the 4th!

Here is the proposed parade route.

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