East Palestine adds officer to police force
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EAST PALESTINE -- The village added a new officer to the police force this week.
Brant Moore, 21, of East Palestine was sworn in as a full-time patrolman during the Monday council meeting.
"Brant is highly qualified and the village administration is thrilled to have him come aboard," Village Manager Antonio Diaz-Guy said. "We continue to build a positive and highly proactive police department with the leadership of Chief Chris Weingart and our Supervisor Team Jake Koehler, Brian Moore and Don Johnson."
According to the village, Moore's father, Bryan Moore, is the Chief Ranger at Moraine State Park in Butler County, Pa.
Brant Moore's family, including his grandfather, were also present during the swearing in, and his grandfather had the honor of pinning on his badge.
This will be Brant Moore's first police job following his graduation from Youngstown State University Police Academy in May.
In other police matters, during the safety committee report to council it was announced that a new Facebook page called "East Palestine Division of Police" was created and is continuing to gain followers daily.
Weingart and SRO Officer Brindisi also attended the tabletop emergency exercise at the East Palestine School District along with Fire Chief Keith Drabick, paramedic Nicole Drabick and other school staff.
It was also noted that police officers attended the funeral services for retired village Police Officer Sonny Coon, who served the village for more than 33 years.
Furthermore, it was announced that the department was awarded the 2025-26 DART grant, which helps train officers in crisis peer support, assistance to overdose survivors and their families, and other needed services.
According to monthly police and fire/EMS activity reports, there were 398 self-initiated calls for service resulting in 141 reports for the police department for the month of June.
The fire department saw 29 incidents, 13 of which were in the village and 12 in Unity Township.
There were four instances in which the village provided mutual aid.
The fire department also participated in one joint training with Darlington, Negley and New Waterford on rope rescue operations.
As for EMS activity, there were 131 incidents reported in June, 83 of which were in the village and 18 of which were in Unity Township.
EMS provided mutual aid for 30 incidents.
The activity reports showed that 15 calls were dropped in June. Of those, seven dropped calls were due to squads already being on a call and eight were due to no on-duty crew.