Four municipalities recently voted on forming a regional police department, but only Mt. Pleasant Township and McDonald are currently moving ahead with the idea.

Mt. Pleasant’s board of supervisors approved a charter for the Northern Washington County Regional Police Department at their Oct. 22 meeting, and McDonald followed suit at their Oct. 23 meeting.

Midway’s council held a special meeting on Oct. 23 where they rejected the charter, and at an Oct. 27 meeting, Robinson Township’s board of supervisors failed to secure a second motion to even bring the matter up for a vote.

Currently, Midway contracts McDonald’s police department to provide coverage, while Robinson has a contract with Mt. Pleasant. Matthew Tharp, the Mt. Pleasant police chief, and a post on the McDonald police Faceboo

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