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Crime & Safety

Local Trooper Promoted

Previously assigned to Philadelphia, Jamal Pratt will now work out of the Lancaster barracks.

A local member of the Pennsylvania State Police received a promotion to Corporal last week.

Corporal Jamal Pratt, who lives in Upper Pottsgrove Township, joined the Pennsylvania State Police in 2006. Until this week, he had been assigned to the Troop K Philadelphia barracks, where he spent five years as a vehicle fraud investigator.

With his promotion on Oct. 12, he has been assigned to Troop J in Lancaster, where he will serve as Patrol Supervisor.

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