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Swatara Township Commissioners vote to close fire company after racial discrimination allegations

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SWATARA, Pa. — The Swatara Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday night to shut down the Bressler Friendship Fire Company over allegations of racial discrimination during a four year span.

“In October 2020, an individual with 35 years of service in the fire department, and a membership in the Bressler club raised an allegation of racial discrimination at the Bressler Fire Company,” the report read in part. “The complaint stated that Bressler station has a policy allowing only white members to join both a fire company and its social club.”

The Board voted 3-0 with three Democratic members voting in favor and its two Republican members abstaining from the vote due to what they said was a lack of transparency in the process. The board members who abstained said they were not given any time to digest the report or the details of the investigation that led to it.

 

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