Police

Accreditation:

The Upper Merion Police Department received Accreditation from the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission on July 20, 2004. For more information or questions regarding accreditation, please contact Lieutenant Brendan Brazunas at 610-205-8523 or bbrazunas@umtownship.org.

Community Oriented Policing Division:

In 2018, the Police Department’s Community Response Unit and Traffic Safety Unit combined to include a Lieutenant, three community response officers and four traffic safety officers. This combination of resources and experience will help to build on our commitment to keeping residents and visitors safe while achieving and maintaining a superior quality of life within the community.

K-9 Patrol:

Our department has three officers and their canine partners assigned to this unit. Officer Glenn Muntzer and his partner Anna, Officer Andrew Moll and his partner Maddie, and Officer Nick Vuotto and his partner Kyzer are all trained in patrol work, tracking, and explosives detection.

Montgomery County Major Incident Response Team (MIRT):

Our department is an active member of this countywide team. This team consists of specially trained officers responsible for crowd / traffic control at large-scale events and emergency scenes throughout the county. These officers are also capable of responding to chemical / biological terrorist incidents.

Montgomery County SWAT Central Region Team (MSWAT-CR):

Our department is an active member of this regional team. This team is responsible for high-risk search / arrest warrants, hostage-taking situations, barricaded subjects, active shooters, and other incidents of a high-risk nature.

• Alarm Permit Application – Residential
• Alarm Permit Application – Business
• Alarm Permit Application – Business KOP Mall
• Block Party Form
• Lock For Life Program Application
• Residential Parking Permit
• Security Camera Registration
• Special Events Permit (Please allow up to four weeks for processing.)
• Temporary Parking Request Application
• Trash Dumpster Permit (Please allow one week for processing.)
• Vacant Property Notification (Please allow one week for processing. If you provide less than one week notice, please drop off the form at the police station.)
• Vendor/Solicitor Application

The Upper Merion Police Department’s Administrative Manual and Field Manual, which together may be considered our Departmental Policy Manual, are living documents that are subject to constant change.  Changes to laws, changes to accreditation standards, court decisions, new methodologies and other factors require the need for continual review.  Revisions are made to Departmental Policy where necessary and appropriate.  Our policies continue to meet the standards of The Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC).  This ensures that our policies are current and that we are committed to best practices.

It is recognized that no set of policies and procedures, no matter how complete, can hope to address all the situations that may be encountered.  The Upper Merion Township Police Department’s Policy Manual serves as a guideline, and should be employed with sound reason, judgment and discretion.

Certain policies within our Departmental Policy Manual contain information on response tactics, staffing levels, deployment and other items which are considered to be law enforcement sensitive.  Releasing such information could put both police officers and the general public at risk.  Therefore, some policies have been redacted and others simply not-published.

The policies most often requested, and which offer transparency to our daily operations, will be available on the website soon.

• Annual Reports
• Crime Bulletin Response Statistics

• Burglary Property List
• Report Request Form
• Safety Tips
• Special Needs Registry
• Traffic Information
• Victim Services Center of Montgomery County
• View the Township Code of Ordinances