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New Castle County Police Academy Named After Fallen Officer

New Castle County Council has named the police academy after Lt. Joseph Szczerba who died in the line of duty last year. He was fatally stabbed while struggling with a suspect last September.

During last night’s meeting council member Bill Bell offered up a resolution and recalled Szczerba’s career with the county police department.

The police academy trains candidates for the county's police department 

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.