Coatesville Area School District Police Department

The Coatesville Area School District Police Department ("CASDPD") is a school-based Law Enforcement agency focusing on protecting the students, staff, and visitors within the Cotesville Area School District ("CASD"). The Coatesville Area School District is comprised of several municipalities to include, the City of Coatesville, the Boroughs of Modena and South Coatesville and the Townships of Caln, East Fallowfield, Sadsbury, Valley, West Brandywine and West Caln, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Mission & Vision

The Coatesville Area School District School Police Department is committed to protecting life, liberty and property. We strive to provide the highest level of service and work in partnership with our community to ensure public safety while focusing on the following core principles:

Protection of our Students, Staff, and Community

Vigilant, Ethical and Impartial Enforcement of Law

Critical Incident Preparedness and Response

Crime Prevention, Reduction and Deterrence

We are dedicated to service and committed to excellence, focusing on the following core values:

Professionalism: We are members of an exceptional and highly trained law enforcement organization. Our conduct and demeanor adhere to the highest standards of personal and organizational excellence.

Integrity: We hold ourselves accountable to the highest level of honesty, truthfulness, and ethical conduct.

Respect: We ensure that all persons are treated with equality, dignity and courtesy.

Commitment: We are dedicated to our Profession, our Community, our Agency and our Mission. These Values are qualities of worth. They are non-negotiable and they will never be compromised by a Coatesville Area School District Police Officer for the sake of expediency and personal preferences.

Coatesville Area SD Police Department

Frank J. Galbraith
Chief of Police
Director of School and Public Safety

Chief's Message to the Community

Welcome to the Coatesville Area School District Police Department's ("CASDPD") web page. I hope you find this site informative and useful. The officers of the CASDPD pledge to provide all visitors to this page with pertinent information on student, school and community safety.

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The Coatesville Area School District Police Department exists to support the educational mission of the District by ensuring the safety and security of the District’s students, staff and the entire Coatesville Area School District community. The Department motto, "Protecting The Future", is proudly displayed on our uniform shoulder patch and on our police vehicles. It is a succinct and direct statement of our mission.

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The Department will be both responsive in addressing the District’s general & unique policing requirements and responsible in ensuring that its performance at all levels aligns with the highest of professional standards.

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We will provide a reassuring, visible presence and provide professional, caring guidance and direction to District students and staff on crime and other public safety issues.

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We will respond quickly to calls for assistance, reports of crimes and emergencies, and work closely with our local Law Enforcement partners and social service agencies to resolve issues that put the District’s educational mission at risk.

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We will work diligently to analyze, understand and resolve public safety issues that have a direct bearing on the achievement of the District’s educational mission. We work hard towards promoting the interests of students and staff for an environment in which education can thrive.

- Chief Frank J. Galbraith
About the School Police Department
The Coatesville Area School District Police Department was established in 1997. The Department is certified and recognized by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). The Coatesville Area School District Police Department is currently operating between the hours of 6:30AM and 3:00PM Monday through Friday. School Police Officers remain “On Call” 24/7 for all school related incidents or emergencies. School Police Officers work closely with all school administrative staff and leadership to provide high quality service at all times.

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The Coatesville Area School Police Department is a Law Enforcement agency which receives it's authority from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) via Article XIII-C Section 1303(b) of Act 44 of 2018. The Coatesville Area School District Police Department works closely with our local, State and Federal law enforcement partners. The Coatesville Area School District Police Department shares a Cooperative Police Services Agreement ("CPSA") with each of the local Police Departments within the Coatesville Area School District.

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The officers of the Coatesville Area School District Police Department are sworn and certified School Resource Officers (SRO) possessing and exercising all the same powers and duties of a Municipal Police Officer and shall enforce good order in school buildings, on school buses and on school grounds.

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TRAINING:

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- Each officer is required to attend and complete the Pennsylvania Munucipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission (MPOETC) Police Acadamy.
- Each officer attends the National Association of School Resource Officer (NASRO) Basic School Resource Officer Course. This course is a forty-hour (40) training designed for law enforcement officers and school safety professionals working in an educational environment and with school administrators. The course provides tools for officers to build positive relationships with both students and staff.
- Our officers also receive Adolescent Mental Health Training for School Resource Officers and Educators (AMHT) which is designed to help school resource officers and school personnel to better identify and respond to students who are suspected of having a mental health needs.
- Our Chief of Police has complted the National Association of School Resource Officer CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) training. This training and skill uses design, management, and activity strategies to reduce opportunities for crime to occur, to reduce fear, and to improve the overall safety of schools. The CPTED concept emphasizes the relationship of the physical environment, the productive use of space, and the behavior of people.
- Our Officers have received extensive training (40+ Hours) in Crisis Intervention and have graduated from The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program. This program is a community partnership of law enforcement, mental health and addiction professionals, individuals who live with mental illness and/or addiction disorders, their families and other advocates. It is an innovative first-responder model of police-based crisis intervention training to help persons with mental disorders and/or addictions access medical treatment rather than place them in the criminal justice system due to illness related behaviors. It also promotes officer safety and the safety of the individual in crisis. Our Department is the first Police agency in the State of Pennsylvania to be recognized on completing the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) "One Mind Challenge Campaign". You can read about this achivement in the annoucement section of our website!
Community Information & Announcements
School Police Policy, Protocols and Responsibilities
Did you receive a parking ticket? Info here!
Student Parking Permit Information
Parent Information
Safe2Say Something App
Child Service Information
Municipal Police Departments

Emergency: 911

Station: 484-784-9118

Non-Emergency Dispatch - 610-383-7000

Department Email: police@casdschools.org

Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday 6:30AM - 3:00PM

Coatesville Area School District

Rich in Diversity, Committed to Excellence

Mission & Vision

Coatesville Area SD Police Department

Chief's Message to the Community

About the School Police Department

Community Information & Announcements

School Police Policy, Protocols and Responsibilities

Did you receive a parking ticket? Info here!

Student Parking Permit Information

Parent Information

Safe2Say Something App

Child Service Information

Municipal Police Departments

Emergency: 911

Station: 484-784-9118

Non-Emergency Dispatch - 610-383-7000

Department Email: police@casdschools.org