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<p>NANTICOKE- State Senator John Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, recently honored retired Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Joseph Coyne with a citation from the Pennsylvania Senate. Coyne served as the Grand Marshal of the 2016 Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade.</p><p>A lifelong resident of Wilkes-Barre, Coyne joined the police force in 1961 and served as chief from 1985 to 1997 under three mayors, Thomas McLaughlin, Lee Namey and Tom McGroarty. He is a lifetime member and past president of the Luzerne County Chiefs of Police Association, the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, the Northeast Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Fraternal Order of Police.</p><p>He was the recipient of the William Van Essen Award in 2000 presented by the Northeast Pennsylvania Optometric Society and the Pennsylvania Optometric Society for his support of the Wilkes-Barre Association for the Blind.</p><style>
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Senator Yudichak honors former Wilkes-Barre police chief Joseph Coyne