Bristol Twp. Police Expand Command Staff After Years Of Vacancies

Bristol Township Council promoted two police department sergeants to command positions Thursday evening after years of vacancies.

With his son by his side, Sgt. Sean Cosgrove was sworn in as the lieutenant overseeing patrol operations.

Next up, Sgt. C.J. Winik was made the lieutenant in charge of administration and investigations with his father, a retired police officer, by his side.

The two lawmen have been members of the Bristol Township Police Department for years.

Lt. Ralph Johnson has been the police department’s lone lieutenant since 2019 when Lt. Terry Hughes retired. Hughes is now a district judge and swore in the new lieutenants.

Within the past decade, Bristol Township’s command staff had three lieutenant to oversee patrol, investigations, and administration. The promotions restore that level of staffing.

Cosgrove was born and raised in Bristol Township and graduated from the Bristol Township School District in 1990. He then joined the U.S. Air Force, serving in six countries. In 1995, Cosgrove began work as a Bristol Township police officer. He lives locally and has three kids.

Winik is a Bristol Township native who graduated from Harry S. Truman High School in 2006. He started as a Bristol Township patrolman in 2006 and has been part of the tactical team, served as an instructor, and was a crash investigator, which led to him being part of a countywide task force. In 2019, Winik became a sergeant and assisted with overseeing administration and investigations.

Also at the meeting, Officer Jason Mancuso was promoted to sergeant.

Chief Robert Coulton said Mancuso has served as a field training officer, was assigned to the DARE program, is certified as a vehicle inspector, and led the department’s naloxone program.

In the 2022 budget, the township manager wrote that the police department planned to promote two new lieutenants, promote detectives to fill spots left vacant by retirements, and replenish the patrol division staff.

Bristol Township employs just over 60 sworn police officers to oversee Bucks County’s second most populated municipality. The department staffs a detectives bureau, narcotics unit, K-9 unit, traffic safety unit, and administrative section. The department also employs non-sworn staff over handle records, evidence, the youth aid panel, animal control, and the department’s front desk.

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