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Top Bristol Cops Announce Retirements

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Erich Martin
Chief of Police Arnold Porter speaking to reporters in 2012. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Chief of Police Arnold Porter speaking to reporters in 2012.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Two veteran Bristol Borough police officials are retiring in 2016.

At last Monday night’s Bristol Borough Council meeting, Chief of Police Arnold Porter and Detective Sgt. Randy Morris announced they are retiring come the new year.

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Porter has been with the borough police department since 1979 and worked his way up from patrolman to sergeant before becoming the top cop in 2001 when former Chief Frank Peranteau Jr., who is now Bristol’s district judge, stepped down.

Morris, who has been the borough’s lone detective for years, will be leaving with decades of experience investigating crimes in the riverfront town of roughly 10,000.

“You’ve been a staple, and we really, really appreciate it,” Council President Ralph DiGuisepe II said during the meeting.

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Erich Martin

Erich Martin attended Bucks County Community College for two years where he was the Co-Editor in Chief of the Centurion, the college newspaper. Erich graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism. Erich was recognized at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation’s Keystone Press Awards in 2014 for general news. In downtime, Erich enjoys spending time with friends and family. Aside from spending time with family and reporting news, Erich loves getting engrossed in a great game, book, or movie.