{"id":181320,"date":"2026-05-01T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/181320\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:53:09","slug":"south-whitehall-twp-police-officers-issued-new-uniforms-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/181320\/","title":{"rendered":"South Whitehall Twp police officers issued new uniforms \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published May 01. 2026 11:32AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The South Whitehall Township Police Department recently issued new uniforms to its officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The former uniforms were standard issue of at least four decades, Community Relations Officer Sgt. Jason Grozier said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The Patch Redesign:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u2022 Shield: Protection and care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u2022 Keystone and Flag: State identity and citizen rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u2022 Eagle and Horses: Vigilance and teamwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u2022 Est. 1969: Dedicated history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The New Uniform:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The updated standard uniform now includes an outer carrier, a modern design built for enhanced functionality and officer wellness. The patches will be displayed on each shoulder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Additionally, the new carriers move the weight of the ballistic vests off the belt, greatly relieving back pain caused by the weight of the vests.<\/p>\n<p>PRESS PHOTO BY LOU WHEELANDSouth Whitehall Township Police Community Relations Officer Sgt. Jason Grozier and Community Resource Officer Kevin Azar wear the new SWTPD uniforms recently issued to all officers in the department. They are photographed in front of the Springhouse Elementary School where Azar is the school resource officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published May 01. 2026 11:32AM The South Whitehall Township Police Department recently issued new uniforms to its officers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-181320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}