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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Skippack State Police Barracks to Re-open in MayHarrisburg – State Senator John Rafferty announced today that the Pennsylvania State Police Administration has agreed to re-open the Skippack State Police barracks in Montgomery County on a full time basis, effective May 2nd. Senator Rafferty has been calling on Governor Rendell and the State Police to reverse their decision to institute a pilot program in which the State Police began closing the Skippack barracks for 16 hours every weekday and all weekend. Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, a clerk was available to answer phone calls and assist visitors. However, after these hours the barracks would "go dark" and all calls and visitors were directed to an automated Consolidated Dispatch Center. The program began in December of 2006. "My concern has always been about public safety. People expect that a state trooper or an official clerk will be at the barracks when they go there." said Rafferty, Chairman of the Senate Law and Justice Committee. Senator Rafferty held public hearings on the issue. The Senate, last session, overwhelmingly approved Senator Rafferty's Senate Bill 318 in May of 2007 which would have required all State Police barracks to remain open 24 hours a day, every day. The bill was not considered in the House of Representatives last session. CONTACT: Mark Meyer
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