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Coatesville police chief stepped into and welcomed a challenge

Jack Laufer says that when he came to Coatesville, he was looking for a challenge. Evidently, he came to the right place.

Coatesville police chief John Laufer has been on the job just under six months. The department he inherited was in crisis -- with no police chief, no senior officers and an understaffed force facing a budget crisis and several lawsuits. Now, Laufer, a former state police major, is trying to remold the department into something Coatesville can be proud of, May 17, 2013. ( DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer )
Coatesville police chief John Laufer has been on the job just under six months. The department he inherited was in crisis -- with no police chief, no senior officers and an understaffed force facing a budget crisis and several lawsuits. Now, Laufer, a former state police major, is trying to remold the department into something Coatesville can be proud of, May 17, 2013. ( DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer )Read more