Starting in June, police officers with the Saxonburg Police Department began patrolling Summit Township as part of a six-month trial agreement between the municipal governments.

Now about four months into that agreement, Summit Township supervisor Richard Green said the Saxonburg police have been doing a “tremendous job.”

“In our opinion it has worked very, very well,” said Green, who is acting as liaison between Summit Township and Saxonburg. “We have had several residents call us to compliment the officers.”

Saxonburg Mayor Bill Gillespie said Summit Township is paying the police for hours they work in the township, and not paying a lump sum. Saxonburg has two full-time police officers and eight part-time, and the borough works with the township to schedule them out for patrol in Summit Township.

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