The Jenkintown Police have received numerous reports from business owners who have received fraudulent phone calls. The individual is identifying himself as a Jenkintown Police Officer, and using the name(s) of retired officers. The individual attempts to fraudulently receive payments from the victim under the guise of missed court dates or mandatory payments etc.
We want to remind everyone that the police do not collect money for the court in any form or for any other agency. The public can always verify the legitimacy of police inquiries made via phone by hanging up and calling 911 to have a dispatcher contact our officers. Additionally, as with any scam never provide personal information to unknown individuals over the phone.
Message from the Jenkintown Police Department and Jenkintown Borough
The Jenkintown Police Department and Jenkintown Borough continue working to improve the Parking of Vehicles within Jenkintown Borough.
As the Borough transitions to the next generation of parking meters and parking payment options there will be changes to the current payment methods. The three current Parking Kiosks located in the Town Square (Greenwood) lot, and the Greenwood/Leedom lots will no longer accept credit cards for payment. Payments at these three Kiosks can now be made with US dollar bills, US change or by using the ParkMobile payment method currently in use in the Borough by using Zone # 1603.
On June 12th, 2024, Jenkintown Borough was notified by the PA Department of Community & Economic Development that the “Letter of Intent” previously submitted had been approved for a police study.
A note from the Borough Manager explaing the acceptance of this letter is posted below, and can be downloaded as a PDF file here.opens PDF file
The Borough was JUST notified by Republic Services that trash and recycling will be collected tomorrow, Friday, June 21st.
The Borough’scurbside trash and recycling collection will NOT be delayed and will be picked up as usual tomorrow (on Friday). We apologize for the confusion this has caused.
On May 22nd, 2024 at their regularly scheduled public meeting Jenkintown Borough Council unanimously approved submitting a “Letter of Intent” to the Governor’s Center for Local Government Services a division of the Department of Community and Economic Development administering the ‘Peer Assistance Program’.
The “Letter of Intent” has now been submitted and requested assistance in areas of Police Management, Fire Services, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to include a ‘Police Cost Benefit Analysis’.
The Letter of Intent is available to download hereopens PDF file (PDF). Below is a letter from Jenkintown’s Borough Manager George Locke, explaining the Letter of Intent, which can also be downloaded hereopens PDF file (PDF).
