Jeffery Rhone

Greg Neeper, left, briefs Chief Jeff Rhone, right, about a stabbing which occurred in the borough Thursday.
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Greg Neeper, left, briefs Chief Jeff Rhone, right, about a stabbing which occurred in the borough Thursday.
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The department covers 1.8 square miles and 33 road miles and is led by Chief Jeffery Rhone. Rhone is a long-time resident of the Clearfield area, who always knew he wanted to be a police officer.After graduating from high school, he earned a degree in criminology and worked for a vending service before he was hired as a part-time officer in 1982.He also worked as a part-time officer for Curwensville Borough and went through the municipal police academy that same year.He took his civil service exam and was hired full time with Clearfield Borough in 1984.He was later promoted to corporal, and then to assistant chief.When former Chief Judd Zimmer retired, Rhone was promoted to chief in November 2004.
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"I'm classified as a 'working chief,' but I have a lot of administrative work to do and it sometimes makes it hard to get out on the street," Rhone said. Thursday, however, had the entire department, including Rhone, doing field work when a stabbing occurred in the borough.The day started out as usual, with a crew coming in to fix a problem with the lights in the borough police office and Rhone reviewing the reports from the previous shift.Sgt.
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"We have three officers who do most of the major criminal investigations," Rhone said."But if another officer takes a case, he is usually the one who follows through." When Dixon and Neeper returned with some of the people involved in the stabbing, Rhone had to assist them with getting statements from the witnesses and questioning the suspects.
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"Yes we're busy, but I enjoy doing 'police work;' I miss this stuff," Rhone said of the multiple-person investigation taking place in the department.
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"This is pretty typical," Rhone said."I'm lucky if I can average 20 minutes without interruption." When Rhone had a free minute, had planned to research the cost of building a new police station.However, it was not to be.Rhone said over time, the different crimes the department handles changes.A few years ago, the department may have been handling a lot of burglaries, then a few years later, they may be seeing assaults.He said within the past 10 years, the crime rate was equal to that of a major city per population.As Rhone prepared to return to the station after searching the scene of the fight, he received a call on the radio about a traffic accident on Ogden Avenue.Rhone and Zelenky responded to the call until Dixon was able to arrive on the scene.
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Once Neeper and Dixon had finished taking statements from those involved in the stabbing, Neeper briefed Rhone on what they had learned and what charges they were looking to file.