(Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)
Hopewell Township Commissioners announced at Monday night’s meeting Donald Sedlacek, Independence Township will be the new police chief effective Saturday, June 5, 2021. Police Chief Brian Uhrmacher will retire on June 4 after serving 5 years with the township.
Chief Sedlacek is a 1983 Hopewell High School graduate, retired police sergeant from Findlay Township, and is an instructor at the police academy at CCBC.
Monday afternoon, his students and fellow instructors stood outside the district magistrate’s office before he was sworn in by visiting District Judge Eileen for the event Conroy, The Hopewell Commissioners Chief Sedlacek’s family, and a few friends were on hand .
Chief Sedlacek’s wife Bonnie is a Beaver County Detective, they have a son who is a junior , their daughter is a sophomore, they attend Hopewell High School.
