When Scott McElree was named Quakertown’s top cop in 2004, borough leaders saw a reformer who could boost public trust. And he did so well in the role that, three years later, they gave him a second job — borough manager.
It is rare for a municipality to appoint someone to both run the police department and oversee everyday municipal matters, from payroll to public records. But McElree embraced the challenge.
“I’ll plow snow, too, if it’s needed,” he told a newspaper columnist in 2007…