History of the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department

The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department includes the Borough of Matamoras, and the Township of Westfall, which are located in the extreme eastern end of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Matamoras Borough occupies 448 acres and has 2,312 residents. Westfall Township occupies 19,456 acres and has 2,430 residents.

The Borough of Matamoras and the Township of Westfall, Pike County, signed a Regionalization agreement on October 4, 2007 to combine their current police forces. On January 7, 2008 the new department started servicing the two communities. This is to be the first regional police department in Pike County.

The top priority of every member of the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department is to provide the highest quality of service to the citizens of Matamoras and Westfall.

We acknowledge the need for maintaining high ethical standards and are committed to professional standards that ensure us a place of trust and respect within the community.

The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department is governed by a five member Police Commission made up of two members of the Matamoras Borough Council and two members from the Westfall Township Board of Supervisors, as well as, one member of the community appointed by the other four members.