Hatboro Honors Police

Two long-time officers with the were recognized during this week’s borough council meeting.

Police officer , who joined the force in 2003, topped the civil service commission’s list of candidates for the position of sergeant, according to Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner. With his wife, Eileen, two young daughters and most of the police department in attendance, the council voted unanimously Monday night to promote Ruegg to that role.

With the promotion, Gardner said Ruegg would take command of one of four of the department’s patrol shifts. The chief credited Ruegg with his work on two separate burglary cases.

Councilman Bob Hegele, who retired from the Hatboro Police Department in 2005, called Ruegg “outstanding” and said he would be an effective supervisor.

Gardner also recognized detective sergeant Cameron Goold, who joined the force in 1987 and rose to the rank of sergeant in 2003. A member of the borough’s emergency management team and a life member of the Huntingdon Valley Fire Company, Gardner said Goold led the investigation of a disabled man who had been beaten and robbed during a home invasion robbery last year. 

In the criminal complaint against the department’s former detective sergeant, , Goold was also credited with conducting an inventory of the department’s evidence room and determining exact dollar amounts and specific types of weapons and drugs that Becker allegedly stole from the locker. 

Gardner said Goold would continue to lead the department in criminal investigations.

Council President John Zygmont thanked the police department for its 24-hours-a-day seven-days-a-week service and said he was “proud” of the force.

In other police-related news, the council approved the trade-in of 23 borough-owned surplus firearms in exchange for seven new Sig Sauer .223 caliber patrol rifles.