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Take A Walk In The Gnome Countryside BY COURTNEY MENGEL
West Lampeter Police Chief Brian Wiczkowski
Friends Group Purchases New Equipment For Police riends of the West Lampeter Township Police Department, also known as Friends of the Force, is a nonprofit organization comprised of community residents, businesses, and friends who work together to enhance the operation of the West Lampeter Police Department (WLPD) by providing supplemental resources, equipment, and funding for pilot programs. The Friends of the Force group has supported the WLPD since 2009. Through private donations, the Friends are able to support the purchases of equipment for public use. The resources and equipment the Friends group has supplied for the WLPD include an intoximeter DMT desktop alcohol breath testing device, Lexan body shields, annual
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supplemental law enforcement train- would see, so the camera does not ing, Tasers, a pet microchip scanner, have night vision. “Anything to make the officers new uniforms, and the installation of durable molded plastic seat covers safer and make sure they go home and a center pull seat belt system in at the end of the night to their families is the attitude the passenger conwe have at Friends of tainment area in each “Anything to make the Force,” said squad car. Recently, the the officers safer Duane Heist, a memFriends assisted the a n d m a k e s u r e ber of the Friends WLPD with provid- they go home ... group. “The police do ing AXON body- to their families is a wonderful job. worn cameras for t h e a t t i t u d e w e They personally care every officer. These have at Friends of for the residents in the township.” cameras automati- the Force.” Brian Wiczkowski, cally activate when chief of the WLPD, an officer turns on the squad car lights, or draws a noted that the police department firearm or a Taser. When an officer applied for a grant in 2020, which performs any of these actions, all would have funded the body camon-scene officers’ cameras activate eras. However, the department was as well. The AXON camera is meant not awarded the grant. “That’s to capture what the human eye when Friends of the Force stepped
in,” said Wiczkowski. “All footage is uploaded to cloud storage, which the township pays for annually, but Friends provided funds for the hardware. It’s a great collaboration.” “We feel appreciated by the citizens, the police department, and the local government,” said James Kulp, president of the Friends of the Force. “Since I’ve been associated with Friends of the Force, I have not heard one negative thing about our police department.” The Friends plan to purchase two brand-new patrol cars for the WLPD later this year. To learn more about the Friends group, visit www.friendsoftheforce.com. Businesses and individuals who want to contribute to the support of the WLTPD may email Kulp at jimkulp@verizon.net. The department does not accept donations.
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“I would say the two biggest blessings in my life have been my house burning down and diabetes,” wrote Kirkwood resident Richard Humpfreys. “That may seem like a strange thing to say, but one thing I have learned is that so much of life depends upon your attitude.” Ever since he was 14 years old, Humpfreys has lived with Type 1 diabetes, but this disease has never held him back from pursuing his dreams and doing what makes him happy. Humpfreys applied to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 1961 and, while enrolled, went on a two-month-long road trip to the West Coast. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in education from MICA in 1965, and two years later, he found himself working as a middle school art
