Bristol Township police have promoted two lawmen at their most recent meeting.
Detective Michael Slaughter and Officer Dennis Leighton were promoted by the department and township council to the rank of sergeant.
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Slaughter served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and has worked in the police department since October 1997. He worked patrol work first, moved to the special investigations unit in 2000, and became a detective in 2008. He is married and has a son.
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Police Chief Robert Coulton said Slaughter has also served as a firearms instructor and is certified in interviewing children in sensitive investigations.
Leighton started with the police department in December 2002 as a patrol officer. In 2006, he moved to the gang enforcement unit and is a court-recognized gang expert. From 2008 to 2014, he worked as a member of the FBI’s local gang unit and has been employed as a narcotics investigator starting in 2015. The lawman has served as part of the multi-agency South Emergency Response Team. He is married and has two daughters and a stepson.
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Leighton served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 21 years and has been deployed to Afghanistan, Haiti, Italy, and Iraq. He retired from his military service in 2017.
District Judge Kevin Wagner swore in the two officers.
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