Sgt. Michael Bogart
Sergeant Michael C Bogart is a 17-year veteran of the Weatherly Police Department. Bogart is devoted to the community that he serves and the people that he interacts with on a daily basis. Bogart started as a Part Time officer in Weatherly in 2003 and worked as a Patrolman until he was Promoted to Sergeant in 2011. Sergeant Bogart is the first line supervisor for the department and oversees day to day patrol activities as well as reviews all criminal arrests that occur.
Sergeant Bogart is the departments Firearms, Taser, ALICE and Active Shooter instructor. Along with attending hundreds of hours of training above the state requirement for Law Enforcement, Bogart is a Fire Fighter and holds a current EMT certification along with both, Pro Board Fire Fighter 1 and Fire Fighter 2 certifications. Bogart worked for the Department of Defense as a Hazmat Technician before Being hired Full Time in Weatherly.
The Weatherly Police department is actively working towards becoming Accredited by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC) Sergeant Bogart is the departments Accreditation manager and is tasked with getting Weatherly Police department Accredited
Sergeant Bogart has been invited to the White House for the President’s Task force on 21st Century Policing in 2016 where he spoke with leaders from all over the country about current police issues. He served as the liaison between the United States Secret Service and Local and state Law Enforcement for the Presidential campaign of Mitt Romney in 2012. Sergeant Bogart works with many task forces and federal agencies that operate around in within the borough.
Sergeant Bogart graduated from the 276th Session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. The FBI National Academy is an intensive 10-week long highly academic and physically challenging academy that is attended by officers from around the world. Bogart attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA from April 1st to June 7th 2019. Bogart successfully completed the National Academy with high academic grades as well as obtaining his yellow brick from the grueling 6.1 mile obstacle course built by the Marines.
Attending the National Academy is by nomination only; applicants are nominated and selected only if they demonstrate great leadership qualities. Along with 256 other high-level executive officers from around the world, Bogart’s 276th graduating Session make up the top 1% of the law enforcement from federal, state, local, and international officers. Sergeant Bogart is only the fifth officer from Carbon County to ever attend the FBI National Academy, and only the second officer from the Weatherly Police Department to attend, the last being Session 131 in 1982.
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HONORS 14 INDIVIDUALS FOR OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN 2020
Sgt. Michael Bogart received the United States Attorney’s Award For Distinguished Service for his exceptional work in significant criminal prosecutions. [Read More]
“As we see in the newspapers every day, and most recently in the tragic events that occurred in Florida, law enforcement officers put their lives at risk every time they put on their uniforms,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Brandler. “All too often their tremendous sacrifices go unnoticed and unrecognized. I am therefore very pleased to recognize a few of these heroes who contributed so much to promoting public safety in 2020. On behalf of the entire U.S. Attorney’s Office, I congratulate them and thank them for their service.”