(Photo Courtesy of the Rochester Borough Police Department, Posed on Facebook on December 11th, 2025)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) The Rochester Borough Police Department shared on Facebook yesterday that Sergeant Dawn K. Shane had been promoted to the chief of that department and she had been in the new role since September 15th, 2025. Shane has served with the Rochester Borough Police Department for nearly fifteen years. Shane becoming the police chief of the Rochester Borough Police Department follows the legacy of the first female police chief in Beaver County, Dianne Long, who was the chief of the East Rochester Police Department back in 1980.

(NOTE: It was reported previously that Dawn K. Shane was the first female police chief in Beaver County. That information was incorrect and Dianne Long of the East Rochester Police Department in 1980 was the first female police chief in Beaver County. Thanks and the credit for new information goes out to John Farmer for providing the correct information.)