Canonsburg & Houston Partner For Police Coverage

At seven o’clock Friday morning, the Canonsburg Police Force began covering the borough of Houston.  The two municipalities gathered for a brief ceremony to commemorate the merger, which had been in the discussion stage for years.  The discussion centered around the need for Houston to have 24/7 seven police coverage for all of its residents and businesses.  Houston had been relying on Pennsylvania State Police and on part-time officers who could only offer the borough about seventeen hours of service.  Also, officials say the Houston Police Department continued to lose officers because of financial constraints, at a time when the community was seeing a growth in businesses.  Under the agreement, Houston will pay Canonsburg around 337-thousand-dollars for their police services over the next three years.