New police officers Brandon Wilson, Merle McConnell and Noah Brucker are shown above.
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 25, 2023 9:07 A.M.

(Hopewell Township, PA) At Monday night’s meeting of the Hopewell Commissioners, District Magistrate Felicia Santillan presided over the swearing in ceremony of the township’s 3 new police officers. The officers are: Brandon Wilson, Merle McConnell, and Noah Brucker. Their official starting date was Monday, July 24, 2023.
Jon Cochran was introduced as the township’s new fire chief and he has worked with the county’s EMS for 22 years. Pete Ramirez is the Assistant Chief of Fire Operations.

Fire chief Jon Cocharn with Assistant Chief of Fire Operations Pete Ramirez.

Center Township Fire chief Bill Brucker is pictured with his son Noah, one of Hopewell’s new full time officers.