WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP

9113 CINCINNATI-DAYTON ROAD

WEST CHESTER OH 45069

MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRUSTEES PREPARED TO TAP NEW POLICE CHIEF

The West Chester Township Board of Trustees is expected to appoint Lt. Erik Niehaus as
Police Chief at the Dec. 2 regular meeting. Lt. Niehaus will replace Police Chief John Bruce.

Lt Niehaus will assume the position effective December 3, 2008.

In order to facilitate the transition to new leadership in the police department, Col. Bruce
has offered and the Trustees have accepted his resignation as Police Chief effective Dec. 1,
2008. The Chief will receive the balance of his salary and the full range of benefits to which
he is entitled until the end of this calendar year.

“All three candidates are excellent law enforcement professionals and the decision was a
difficult one,” said Township Trustee George Lang. “We based our decision upon the needs
of the organization and the future direction West Chester Township will take as a
community.”

Lt. Niehaus has 14 years of experience with the West Chester Police Department serving the
community first in the capacity of patrolman and advancing to the rank of sergeant in 1999
and lieutenant in 2005. He most currently leads the Police Department’s Criminal
Investigations Section.

A nearly 12-year resident of West Chester, Lt. Niehaus, 37, is married and has two children.
He is a graduate of Ball State University and the Northern Kentucky University Chase
College of Law and was first licensed to practice law in 2005.

“Mr. Niehaus brings great qualities to the position of Police Chief,” said Trustee Lee Wong.
“We look forward to benefitting from the great vision he will bring to this job.”

The police chief leads a department of 90 officers. He reports directly to the Township
Public Safety Director.

“Police and fire services are among the most critical that we offer our residents,” said
Trustee Catherine Stoker. “With Lt. Niehaus we further advance a high standard of
professionalism and level of expectation for those in law enforcement in West Chester.”