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Police Chief Finalists Community Forum

In May 2022, Mt. Lebanon Police Chief Aaron Lauth retired from his position after 24 years of service. The Commission has narrowed down their candidates and are holding a Police Chief Candidates Community Forum on October 10th, 2022, at 10:00 AM where finalists will introduce themselves and field questions during the 2-hour session. The forum will be live broadcast over Zoom for all interested community members. At the conclusion of the event, all online attendees will have the opportunity to give feedback on the candidates via an online survey. Please consider tuning in via Zoom and providing your input via the surveyRead More »Police Chief Finalists Community Forum

Ad Hoc Committee | Diversity Equity Inclusion | Police Engagement Working Group

Police Engagement Recommendations

Watch the Police Engagement working group’s presentation of their recommendations to the Mt. Lebanon Commission.

Police Transparency in Mt. Lebanon is coming!

Following our requests for the MLPD’s Use of Force and social media policies, Mt. Lebanon is promising police transparency by publishing all of their policing policies by September 2021.

Mt. Lebanon Police Department will release Use of Force Policy

Public trust in police departments has undeniably eroded across America, and rightfully so as the Black Lives Matter movement sheds light on racially biased injustices. The people have a right to know what force a public servant can use on them—on us. Since we, the Mt. Lebanon Organization for Racial Equality (M.O.R.E), was established in June 2020, our first goal was for the Mt. Lebanon Police Department (MLPD) to release their Use of Force policy to the public in the name of transparency, following the trend set by the City of Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Bethlehem. We are proud to shareRead More »Mt. Lebanon Police Department will release Use of Force Policy

We Need Transparency to Identify the Problems!

Our Justice Reform Committee (JRC) had their first meeting yesterday since our new organizational structure was put in place. In order to make change in our community, the first step is identifying the problem. We can’t do that without first knowing pertinent information such as the statistics and policies in place that our police department keeps secret from us. Even our commissioners are not certain of the exact content of the document. It’s easy to hide a problem, or claim there isn’t one, when this information is not publicly accessible. Members of the JRC are meeting with Commissioner Steve Silverman tomorrowRead More »We Need Transparency to Identify the Problems!