Borough Hires Three New
Police Officers at December
Meeting
Marcus Costanza, Nick Sell, and John Haas are the Borough’s
newest police officers. They were hired by Borough Council at
the December meeting.
Nick Sell always wanted to be a police officer. However, the
star baseball player at North Allegheny High School and Seton
Hill University had the opportunity to pursue a professional
baseball career first. In 2015, after graduating from Seton Hill
with a degree in Criminal Justice, Nick signed with the Los
Angeles Dodgers and played professional ball for two seasons.
After graduating in 2017 from the Allegheny County Police
Training Academy and working part-time for the Ambridge and
Franklin Park Police Departments, Officer Sell is very happy to
have his first full-time position in Jefferson Hills. “It’s awesome to
have this opportunity to be a part of a great police department,”
he said.
Marcus Costanza always knew he wanted to be a police
officer and grew up with a special role model, his father, Ron
Costanza, who is a career officer in the Beaver County Sheriff’s
Department.
After graduating from the Allegheny County Police Academy,
Officer Costanza spent four and a half years as a University
of Pittsburgh Police Officer and Plain Clothes Investigative
Detective. As much as he enjoyed the work, he had his heart
set on serving his community and couldn’t be happier to be a
member of the Jefferson Hills Police Department. “I’m looking
forward to working with our residents and protecting our
community,” he said.
Officer Costanza and his wife Julia are the proud new parents
of a daughter, Vienna.
John Haas has wanted to serve his community since he was
a little kid growing up in Baldwin Township, and he prepared
for his first full-time position as a police officer by a number
of endeavors. John served as an EMT in Mt. Lebanon for six
years, and served as a part-time officer for McKees Rocks for
six months. A graduate of Duquesne University with a BA in
Sociology, he earned his police officer certification at the IUP
Police Academy at Carnegie Mellon University.
Officer Haas said he likes working for Jefferson Hills because
he has the opportunity to work in a department that encourages
one-on-one interaction with the community. “At the end of the
day, I like being in the community and helping people solve a
problem when they have one,” he said.
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