

He is also a member of the North American Police Work Dog Association and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association. Chief Warner was promoted to Lieutenant of Operations in 2012 and appointed as Chief of Police in 2016.Ĭhief Warner is a member of Dauphin County Chiefs of Police Association (Past President and current committee chair), Central Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, and the International Chiefs of Police Association. He also serves as one of the Department’s Employee Assistance Peer Support Officers. Chief Warner worked with partners Rex, Jet, and Renko during that time. His assignment for over 20 years was the K9 Unit. During his tenure with Derry Township, Chief Warner has served in the Department’s Traffic Safety Section and is one of the Department’s certified Traffic Accident Reconstructionists. In addition to his Patrol Officer responsibilities, he worked as an evidence technician and photographer.Ĭhief Warner joined the Derry Township Police Department in March of 1988. In September 1985 he was hired full-time by South Londonderry Township Police Department in Lebanon County. Immediately after graduation from the Police Academy in April 1985, he was hired part-time and started work for the Highspire Borough Police Department at the age of 19. He passed entry into and paid his own way through the 32nd Municipal Police Academy at Harrisburg Area Community College. During that time, he developed an interest in the field of Law Enforcement.

One of his first jobs, like many teens living in Hershey, was at Hersheypark, eventually working in the Security Department. Chief Warner graduated from Hershey High School in 1983. Both of his grandfathers worked in the Hershey Chocolate Factory and his grandmother worked for the Milton Hershey School. Chief Warner was raised and has lived and worked in Derry Township nearly his entire life.
