{"id":313150,"date":"2026-10-24T03:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313150\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T03:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:34:16","slug":"west-reading-police-department-promotes-brandon-breitenstein-to-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313150\/","title":{"rendered":"West Reading Police Department promotes Brandon Breitenstein to sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The West Reading Police Department has announced the promotion of Brandon Breitenstein to the rank of sergeant, recognizing his years of service, professional development and leadership within the department.<\/p>\n<p>Breitenstein began his law enforcement career as a part-time officer with Robeson Township and Brecknock Township before serving full-time with Douglass Township. He joined the West Reading Police Department in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with the department, Breitenstein has taken on several specialized roles, including serving as a Field Training Officer, where he helped train and mentor new officers.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4997.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60816\"  \/>Photo by the West Reading Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>He also earned certification as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), becoming one of a select group of officers in Berks County to hold the credential.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Breitenstein was selected as the department\u2019s K9 handler, a position he continues to hold alongside his K9 partner, Zea.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, Breitenstein\u2019s promotion reflects his dedication to the West Reading community, commitment to professional growth and leadership within the police force.<\/p>\n<p>The department congratulated Breitenstein on his promotion as he takes on additional responsibilities in serving the Borough of West Reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West Reading Police Department has announced the promotion of Brandon Breitenstein to the rank of sergeant, recognizing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-313150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313150","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=313150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}