Wilkes University receives state grant to enhance law enforcement

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Wilkes University was awarded a $14,000 state grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to enhance law enforcement.

State Representative Eddie Day Pashinski made the announcement Wednesday.

“Campus police officers are sworn police employed by a college or university to protect the private or public property of the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live, work and visit it," Pashinski said in a release.

The funding supports Act 120 training and recruitment activities for law enforcement officers. Act 120 is a mandatory training program for municipal police officers in Pennsylvania which is provided through the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission, according to Pashinski.