(Hopewell Twp., Pa.) Hopewell Township Police Chief Brian Uhrmacher was honored  by the Beaver Valley Police Chiefs Association prior to  last night’s township meeting. Family, friends, fellow officers and township residents were on hand for the presentation outside the municipal complex. New Sewickley Township Police Chief Ron Leindecker presented Chief Uhrmacher with a plaque  honoring him for 34 years as a police officer.  According to  a brief biography of Chief Uhrmacher , a New York State native, he started dispatching police calls  after he graduated high school in 1982. Community policing has always been his focus and he spent 28 years as an officer in his hometown. Uhrmacher and his family now considers Hopewell Township their new hometown. He was hired in 2015 as Hopewell’s new chief.  He’s an active member of the Beaver County Community law Enforcement Coalition, the Beaver Valley Chiefs of Police Association, the county police memorial committee, and a board member of the PA Chiefs of Police Association.