The Central Berks Regional Police Department includes 21 sworn law enforcement officers and one civilian that provides 24/7 police coverage to the residents of Lower Alsace Township, Mount Penn Borough, Oley Township, and St. Lawrence Borough. Collectively we serve a population of over 13,000 residents across a 30 square mile region of Berks County. Our patrol officers are assigned to four squads. Our patrol division’s primary duty is to respond to calls for service along with traffic enforcement, but some of our officers are also involved in various community policing programs.
The Central Berks Regional Police Department also has a criminal investigation division, which consists of one Detective Sergeant, one Narcotics Investigator, and one Criminal Detective. The Detective Sergeant and Criminal Detective handle all criminal cases that require further investigation beyond an initial report taken by the patrol division. Examples of cases handled by the criminal investigation division are: homicides, assaults, sexual offenses, burglaries, robberies, credit card frauds, identity theft, and etc. The Narcotics Investigator handles all drug-related cases.
The Central Berks Regional Police Department also has an Accident Reconstruction Unit and Bike Patrol Unit.
Central Berks regional police department roster (5/19/2022)
- Chief Ray Serafin #1 rserafin@centralberks.org
- Sergeant Justin Johnson #12 jjohnson@centralberks.org
- Sergeant Wayne Levey #10 wlevey@centralberks.org
- Sergeant Matthew Mace #14 mmace@centralberks.org
- Sergeant Joseph Yourkavitch #11 jyourkavitch@centralberks.org
- Detective Christopher Mayer #106 cmayer@centralberks.org
- Detective Joseph Taimanglo #112 jtaimanglo@centralberks.org
- Detective Ronald Linderman#114 rlinderman@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Stephen Busch #106 sbusch@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Bryan Cilento #100 bcilento@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Christopher DiPietrantonio #102 cdipietrantonio@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Wesley Erney #117 werney@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Steven Hernandez #108 shernandez@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Elliot Kreimendahl #107 ekreimendahl@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Sulivette Morales #111 smorales@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Nicholas Phillips #116 nphillips@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Matthew Rissmiller #104 mrissmiller@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Jeremy Smith #115 jsmith@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Joshua Steingraber #110 jsteingraber@centralberks.org
- Ofc. James Strobel #109 jstrobel@centralberks.org
- Ofc. David White #105 dwhite@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Kristen Yeager #101 kyeager@centralberks.org
- Ofc. Kyle Reeves #119 kreeves@centralberks.org
civilian
Colby Pollock, Executive Assistant to Chief of Police CPollock@centralberks.org