Crime & Safety
Lower Merion Police Department Attends Anti-Defamation League Event
Lower Merion Police Superintendent Mike McGrath helped select recipients of the Anti-Defamation League's Beau Biden SHIELD Awards.
The Lower Merion Police Department attended an event recently that honored law enforcement agencies that stand up to hate, extremism and uphold civil rights.
According to police, variuos departments were honored at the Anti-Defamation League’s Beau Biden SHIELD Awards ceremony Wednesday night in Wilmington, Delaware.
The department from eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware were recognized for their efforts to defend citizens from hate crimes and extremism, and for protecting civil rights, police said.
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Lower Merion Police Superintendent Mike McGrath was member of the award selection committee, police said.
"A big thanks to the ADL for their ongoing support of law enforcement, and congratulations and thanks to the recipients for their great police work," police said on Facebook.
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