In the predawn hours of August 6, 2006, a male Reading Police Officer, 40-year-old Scott Alan Wertz, was tragically killed in the line of duty. A nine-year veteran of the department, Wertz was a married father of two sons. His career in law enforcement also included time as a corrections officer and a part-time officer in other local municipalities.
On that summer morning, Officer Wertz and his partner, who were working in plainclothes on an auto-theft detail, responded to reports of a fi
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