Tom Lisi

1 day ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Local law enforcement officials — from police chiefs, to the sheriff to the district attorney — believe plans for the new Lancaster County prison must include a space that streamlines the booking process that follows an arrest. All they need to do to make it happen is to get one of the Republican county commissioners on board. Lancaster County Sheriff Chris Leppler said Friday he supports including a central booking unit in the prison plans, as did President Judge Leonard G.

2 days ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Some prisoners at Lancaster County Prison refused to eat earlier this week to protest conditions inside their housing unit caused by the ongoing summer heatwave, the warden acknowledged Thursday during a meeting of the county prison board. Temperatures in Lancaster have hovered in the 90s over the past week, and individuals who have spent time in the prison when temperatures are high say it’s hotter inside prisoners’ cells, where they spend most of their time.

3 days ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

An arbitration award that granted corrections officers at Lancaster County Prison additional paid leave for working in extreme temperatures will remain in place, after a judge this week denied the county’s request to nullify the award. The ruling dates from Monday, but was not filed until Tuesday, according to court records. It preserves a significant win for corrections officers represented by District Council 89 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

3 days ago | centredaily.com | Tom Lisi

Manheim Township commissioners were united Monday in their decision to fire police Chief Duane M. Fisher and their support for the police force he leaves behind. But partisan finger pointing over the disbanding of a former citizen police oversight effort showed the Fisher controversy will likely drive debate in the fall municipal election, when the township's 3-2 GOP majority will be tested at the ballot box. ------SUBSCRIBE: A weekly newsletter dedicated to Manheim Township.

4 days ago | lancasteronline.com | Tom Lisi

Manheim Township commissioners were united Monday in their decision to fire police Chief Duane M. Fisher and their support for the police force he leaves behind. But partisan finger pointing over the disbanding of a former citizen police oversight effort showed the Fisher controversy will likely drive debate in the fall municipal election, when the township’s 3-2 GOP majority will be tested at the ballot box.