Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published February 22, 2023 12:00 P.M.

(Hopewell Township, PA) Hopewell Township Police Chief Don Sedlacek was nominated  and approved to serve on the  Municipal Police  Officers  Education and Training Commission by then- Governor Tom Wolf on October 26, 2022.  Chief Sedlacek commented: “I’m looking forward to  helping the next generation of police officers to make policing better for our community.” He said, “I’ve been so fortunate in my career  and everything has led me  to this opportunity.”  He serves as chief in the town he grew up in  and said his goal is to improve the community.  He teaches  criminal justice at CCBC and PSU  and was also director of the police academy, and still teaches. and has been a police officer for 25 years. He said,”Twelve years into my career  I became interested in education and I felt the need  to teach and educate future police officers. chief Sedlacek was hired by the township in 2021  following the retirement of Brian Uhrmacher.