HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — A Dauphin County lawmaker introduced a bill that would charge an annual fee for Pennsylvania State Police to patrol municipalities that operate without a local police force.
Rep. Justin Fleming (D) introduced House Bill 2284 on March 12, where he pointed out that some municipalities rely on PSP patrols to save money in their local budgets.
According to a memo, these municipalities cost around $234 per resident, which amounts to $641 million annually in free services. Fleming noted that around two-thirds of state municipalities rely on state police patrols instead of maintaining a full-time local police force…