CHIEF JOHN PHILLIPS

Chief Phillips joined the Wyomissing Police Department in October of 1997 after working for a year in the West Reading Police Department and two years with troubled youth in Montgomery County. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2014, and promoted to Chief in 2021. Chief Phillips is a graduate of the Wyomissing Area High School, Kutztown University, Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, and is a former member of the United States Army Reserve. Chief Phillips has specialized as an evidence technician, field training officer, firearms instructor, less lethal use of force instructor, and chemical agent instructor. Chief Phillips is an original member of the tactical element of the Berks County Emergency Response Team (BCERT). He has served as a team member of the tactical element, promoted to assistant team leader, and eventually team leader. He now serves as part of the command element for BCERT as the commander.

Chief Phillips currently resides here in the Borough with his wife and son. When not on duty Chief Phillips enjoys being outdoors.

Email: Jphillips@wyopd.org

Lieutenant Paul Baur

Lieutenant Baur graduated from West Chester University in in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.  While at West Chester, Lt. Baur played defensive end for the Golden Rams football team.  Lt. Baur has been employed with the Wyomissing Police since 1999.  Prior to that Lt. Baur was employed by the West Reading Police Department.  Other rolls Lt. Baur has served in were patrol, K9 handler with K9 Grif from 2008-2016, Detective 2016-2021, and Detective Sergeant 2021-2023.  

Email: pbaur@wyopd.org.

 

SUPERVISORS:

SERGEANT SCOTT D. SCHAEFFER

SGT Schaeffer joined the Wyomissing Police Department in October 2001 after previously serving as a full-time officer at the Northern Berks Regional Police from January 1998 to September 2001.  A native of Berks County, Sgt. Schaeffer earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Criminal Justice at Shippensburg University in 1997, and then also graduated from the Reading Police Academy later in that same year.  After serving nineteen years as a patrol officer, traffic enforcement and evidence processing, he was promoted to Sergeant in June of 2021. 

Email: Scott D. Schaeffer    

DETECTIVE SERGEANT KEVIN QUINTER

Detective Sergeant Kevin Quinter has been employed with the Wyomissing Police Department since 2008.  Sergeant Quinter is a 1994 graduate from Lock Haven University.  In 2017 Sergeant Quinter was assigned to a Detective position.  In 2018 he was cross sworn as a Federal Task Force Officer with Homeland Security Investigations and has served since 2018 on the Federal Human Trafficking Task Force out of Philadelphia.  Sergeant Quinter was born and raised in Wyomissing and in 1988 started working part time for the Borough of Wyomissing Parks Department.  Sergeant Quinter served as the 1^st Assistant Fire Chief for the Wyomissing Fire Department from 2003-2007.  Detective Sergeant Quinter also serves on the Berks County Drug Taskforce, supervises the Berks County Human Trafficking Taskforce, and serves as an Assistant Team Leader with the Negotiator element of the Berks County Emergency Response Team..

Email: kquinter@wyopd.org

SERGEANT SEAN ENGELMAN

Sergeant Sean Engelman graduated from Lycoming College in 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a minor in psychology.  After graduating the Delaware County Police Academy in 2007 he was hired by several police departments in Delaware County on a part-time basis.  Sergeant Engelman joined the Wyomissing Police Department in June of 2015 as a full-time officer.  Since his hire Sgt Engelman has received training in becoming an accident reconstructionist and is the one of the departments defensive tactics and handcuffing instructors.  Sergeant Engelman is also in charge of the field training program for new officers hired in the department.  He was promoted to Sergeant in November of 2023 and looks forward to continuing to serve the members of the Community.  

Email: sengelman@wyopd.org.

 

CRIMINIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT:

Detective Joseph D. Klatt

Detective Matthew R. Cavallo

Detective Ryan J. Solecki

PATROL DIVISION:

The Patrol Division currently consists of 14 officers. The schedule for patrol officers continues to be made up of three or four-person squads, working 12 hour shifts. The sergeants support the basic schedule and supervise the activities of the officers in addition to other administrative functions they perform.

Officer Bryan R. McIntyre

Officer Ryan C. Hurlbrink

Officer Corey L. Moser

Officer Shannon L. Barr

Officer Alex L. Bird 

Officer Brandon L. Moris

Officer Samuel L. Bryant 

Officer Maria Figueroa-Medina 

Officer Andrew Dittmann

Officer Cooper Henry

Officer Peter Purcell

SPECIALIZED SERVICES:

The Police Department can boast of numerous officers who have an abundance of talent and expertise in specialized fields. These specialized fields are as follows:

Bicycle Patrol – Sergeant Quinter, Officers McIntyre, Cavallo, Morris and Solecki 

Crime Prevention – Officers Barr and Bryant

Commercial Vehicle Inspector – Officer Morris

Accident Reconstruction – SGT. Engelman and Officer Purcell

Range Master – Chief Phillips, Detective Klatt and Detective Cavallo

Crime Scene Unit / Evidence Technicians –  SGT. Schaeffer and Officers McIntyre, Bird, Figueroa-Medina and Morris

Youth Aid Panel – Detective Solecki and Officer Barr

Special Weapons and Less Lethal Use of Force – Chief Phillips, Detective Klatt and Detective Cavallo

BCERT Negotiators – Detective Quinter and Officer Moser

BCERT Tactical – Detective Klatt and Officer Morris

BCERT Command Element – Chief Phillips

Defensive Tactics Instructors - Sergeant Engelman and Officer Moser

 

CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE UNIT:

The Wyomissing Police Department, since 1994 has had highly trained and experienced unit of officer known as the Special Services Unit. These officers respond to incidents requiring multiple pieces of equipment, or very specialized equipment, or where an extended time will be needed to complete a crime scene. These officers are training in documenting incidents through photography, videoing, or sketching, and the identification, collection, and preservation of evidence. To stay current with technology and related practices the unit trains in-house during the year, but also attends outside educational conferences. Officers are certified as Crime Scene Technicians through the International Association for Identification and Harrisburg Area Community College.

The unit currently consists of Sergeant Schaeffer and Officers McIntyre, Figueroa-Medina, Bird and Morris.

Today with all the forensic style television programs, so many victims have come to expect that a police department have a forensic unit to gather that crucial piece of evidence to solve their crime. As well jurors expect police to collect evidence to prove their cases in court. However, the identification, collection, and preservation of evidence are a meticulous portion of the job of a unit member because of the importance of such evidence. But there is more after the identification, collection, and preservation of evidence; it is the scientific analysis of that evidence, which takes months and maybe a year until results are learned.

In 1994, the special services unit originally worked out of a trunk of patrol car with a wooden chest of limited equipment and exposed to all weather conditions. In 1998, a 1988 Ford Econoline was a converted from a retired ambulance.

A customized unit was purchased and delivered in July 2008. This unit is equipped with photography, tools, safety, collection equipment all of which officers will need when they arrive on scene to properly and efficiently complete their tasks. This portability saves time and equipment of the officers and allows for a clean, dry, safe working and storage environment, which the collection of evidence requires.

The Special Services Unit processes the incidents such as burglaries, robberies, thefts, serious accidents, stolen/ recovered vehicles. The goals of the Special Service units are to document, collect evidence, process evidence in house, or send for a forensic laboratory either at the Berks County Forensic Service Unit or the Pennsylvania State Police Regional Laboratory System to aid our criminal investigators in solving crime.