Skip to left sidebar Skip to footer SEARCH: Police Department History Home / Departments / Police Department Recently Retired Catasauqua Police Officers Catasauqua Police Department History 1880 to 1940 The first High Constable of whom we have found record was Charles Sigley, who was appointed March 18, 1853. An ordinance prescribing certain rules for the government of the department was passed in 1870. Bartley Clark was then High Constable and William Koons his assistant. Charles E. Sheckler was appointed June 7, 1875 and has served as public guardian ever since, save a brief intermission of four years, 1908-1912, when J. Henry Leickel was Chief of Police. Chief Sheckler is a familiar figure on our streets which he guards zealously against vagrants and the scions of evil and harm. Our Lockup is not an institution which inspires much of aesthetics but it serves our Borough well as a terror to evil doers. It is a dark background to the sublime picture of humane being out of which the penitent errorist may the better behold the beauty of a righteous life and solemnly resolved to walk in the rays of its happy day, when freedom’s air is breathed again. It is interesting to note the names of men who wore brass buttons and swung the Billy to the measured time of their gait. John Hinely Charles Sigley John Wint Peter Loux Henry Sellers Mr. McKeifer Joseph Lazarus Bartley Clark W. A. HilbertJoseph Schwab E F Huffort Osbin Laub William Bloss Hopkin Hopkins William Moat Edward Bickel Jospeh Mertz Andrew SmithEdward Allender George Shellard Chester Mertz Jerry Schoenenberger William Mason Elias Bush Andrew Smith Howard Benvenuti Alvin Roth From — A History of Catasauqua in Lehigh County PA by James F Lambert and Henry J Reinhard. 1914 1941 to 1970 1971 to present HOME DEPARTMENTS Administration Building and Zoning Code Enforcement Emergency Management Fire Department Parks & Recreation Police Department Police Reports Chief of Police Personnel Police Roster Police History Public Works ON-LINE PAYMENTS PERMITS AND FORMS ORDINANCES AND ZONING AGENDAS & MINUTES REFUSE AND RECYCLING MAYOR & COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IRON WORKS CONTACT US CATASAUQUA NOTICES 2021 Street Project – Schedule October 5, 2021 in Notices MS4 Public Education & Outreach Program August 16, 2021 in Notices Emergency Management Agency March 18, 2020 in Notices SEE ALL NOTICES CATASAUQUA WEATHER Local Time 4:18 pm Today November 27, 2021 36°F 10 m/h Sunday November 28, 2021 40°F 2 m/h Monday November 29, 2021 39°F 9 m/h BOROUGH HOURS Monday – Friday: 8am-4pm BOROUGH OFFICE Catasauqua Municipal Building 90 Bridge Street Catasauqua, PA 18032 PHONE NUMBERS Admin: 610-264-0571 Police (non-emergency): 610-264-0577 Fire (non-emergency): 610-264-2121 Home Departments On-Line Payments Permits and Forms Ordinances and Zoning Agendas & Minutes Refuse and Recycling Mayor & Council Members Community Organizations Iron Works Contact Us © 2020 Borough of Catasauqua