{"id":107136,"date":"2021-06-23T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T02:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107136"},"modified":"2021-06-23T22:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T02:07:18","slug":"hill-promoted-to-assistant-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107136","title":{"rendered":"HILL PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown Police Captain John Hill is being promoted to Assistant Chief of Police \u2013 Operations by interim Police Chief Charles Roca.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Chief Hill was hired in July 1993 and was promoted to sergeant in October 2001.\u00a0 He was promoted to lieutenant in April 2016 and to captain in April 2018 when he directed PSA 3.\u00a0 AC Hill has also been responsible for special event security planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with John Hill in his new role as Assistant Chief of Police \u2013 Operations,\u201d Chief Roca said. \u201cAssistant Chief Hill brings a wealth of experience and has been instrumental in coordinating special events throughout the city. Assistant Chief John Hill, Assistant Chief William Lake and our current captains are committed to the continuity of leadership and ensuring that the officers have the necessary resources to serve our community. Assistant Chief Hill will oversee the patrol, investigative, and community outreach units within the Allentown Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his career AC Hill has received 11 commendations:\u00a0 five for bravery, one for heroism, three for achievement and two for merit.<\/p>\n<p>AC Hill graduated from Northwestern Lehigh High School and attended Lehigh County Carbon Community College. He is an August 2019 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. He is currently attending DeSales University pursuing a BA in Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion of AC Hill went into effect Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Allentown Police Captain John Hill is being promoted to Assistant Chief of Police \u2013 Operations by interim Police Chief Charles Roca. Assistant Chief Hill was hired in July 1993 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HILL PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/APD.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}