Having graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Criminal Justice and International Studies, Lt. Roche held part-time positions as a police dispatcher and emergency medical technician for the City of Scranton. Roche was awarded an ROTC scholarship while attending the University of Scranton.

He has had three K-9 partners, Rex, Jet, and currently, Renko.īorn and raised in Scranton, Lieutenant Roche graduated from Scranton Prep High School and then enlisted in the US Army Reserves where he served as a Combat Medic during overseas deployment to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. A responsibility he has taken on with great pride and commitment. His assignment over the last 20 years has been in the K-9 Unit. He also serves as one of the Department’s Employee Assistance Peer Support Officers. During his tenure with Derry Township, Chief Warner has served in the Department’s Traffic Safety Section, and is one of the Department’s certified Traffic Accident Reconstructionists. In addition to his Patrol Officer responsibilities, he worked as an evidence technician and photographer.Ĭhief Warner joined the Derry Township Police Department in March of 1988. In September 1985 he was hired fulltime by South Londonderry Township Police Department in Lebanon County. Immediately after graduation from the Police Academy in April 1985, he was hired part-time and started work for the Highspire Borough Police Department at the age of 19. He passed entry into and paid his own way through the 32nd Municipal Police Academy at Harrisburg Area Community College. During that time, he developed an interest in the field of Law Enforcement. One of his first jobs, like many teens living in Hershey, was at Hersheypark, eventually working in the Security Department. Chief Warner graduated from Hershey High School in 1983. Both of his grandfathers worked in the Hershey Chocolate Factory and his grandmother worked for the Milton Hershey School. Chief Warner was raised, and has lived and worked in Derry Township nearly his entire life.

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