New Police Officer Joins Falls Township Ranks

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —A new police officer has joined the Falls Township Police Department.

Basilio DeJesus, originally from Trenton, N.J., was hired at Tuesday night's Falls Township Board of Supervisors work session.

DeJesus comes to the police department after working for the past two and a half years as a police officer in Baltimore and later in Rockville, Md.

“We’re really excited to have you,” Supervisors Vice Chairwoman Erin Mullen said.

Police Chief Nelson Whitney said DeJesus “finished very well” in the department’s selection
process.

In other business, supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding between the
township and Family Service Association of Bucks County for the Falls Bristol Township
Supporting Recovery Program.

Under the agreement, the township’s co-responder will split her time between Falls Township Police Department and Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad.

In 2021, Falls Township Police Department was the first in Bucks County to debut the co-
responder program, which pairs a certified recovery specialist with a Falls Township police
officer for overdose and calls related to substance abuse.

The program is funded completely through a grant from the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol
Commission Inc.

The commission pays the salary of the Family Service Association of Bucks County’s certified recovery specialist assigned to work with the police department.