A Chester County borough will join a regional police force, dismantling their own over budgetary concerns

Oxford’s century-old police department will be disbanded, with the borough joining several other municipalities under the service of a regional law enforcement agency next year, council decided during a meeting that grew contentious Monday.Council voted 5-2 to join the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department and Commission and approved a memorandum of understanding for the services, effective Jan. 1. The decision comes after the borough has, for years, struggled to keep their police force from cutting too deeply into the municipality’s budget. Though Oxford’s financial health has in recent years been stronger than previously forecasted, maintaining the department without increasing taxes was becoming untenable, officials said previously. But the choice to cut the department has