Editing Tioga, Pennsylvania (section)

===Officer hiring controversy===
On July 5, 2022, Officer Timothy Loehmann was sworn in as Tioga's only police officer. In 2014, Loehmann, while employed as a police officer in [[Cleveland]], had shot and killed 
12-year-old [[Killing of Tamir Rice|Tamir Rice]] who at the time was holding a pellet gun. Loehmann was never charged with a crime, but the incident caused protests. His hiring by Tioga's borough council caused a public backlash. A week later the resignations of Loehmann, the borough council president, another council member, the borough attorney, and the borough's code enforcement officer were accepted by the borough council. According to [[Pennsylvania Attorney General]] [[Josh Shapiro]], the borough broke the law by failing to perform a proper background check before hiring Loehmann.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keely |first1=Marshall |title=Police officer controversy in Tioga |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/police-officer-controversy-in-tioga-borough-timothy-loehmann-crystal-jones-mayor-david-wilcox-mary-beth-hazlett-alan-brooks-robert-wheeler/523-642f965a-6cd6-4b83-8ff7-0744cf80cca0 |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=[[WNEP-TV]] |date=July 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tornoe |first1=Rob |title=Pennsylvania town broke the law by hiring police officer who killed Black 12-year-old, AG Shapiro says |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/tioga-background-check-police-tamir-rice-timothy-loehmann-20220712.html |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=July 12, 2022}}</ref>

An investigation by [[Spotlight PA]] later found Loehmann was properly hired, but state law concerning background checks for law enforcement hires lacked the capabilities to flag Loehmann because he had not been previously employed as a law enforcement officer in Pennsylvania. The investigation also found a string of personal disputes between members of the borough government, including the mayor and councilmembers, and contradictory statements from those involved in Loehmann's hiring.<ref name=sptlt>{{cite news |last1=Xian |first1=Min |title=Broken Borough |url=https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2022/12/tamir-rice-timothy-loehmann-police-tioga-pa-pennsylvania/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Spotlight PA |date=December 19, 2022}}</ref>