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White Oak Adds 10th Police Officer
By T.J. Martin
The Tube City Almanac
January 05, 2026
Posted in: White Oak News
White Oak police officer Nate Werderber was introduced to the community at the borough’s December council meeting after being sworn in earlier in the day. He became the White Oak police department’s 10th officer in addition to the chief of police. (T.J. Martin photo for Tube City Almanac)
The White Oak Police Department continues to grow. At borough council’s December meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton introduced the department’s newest officer, Nate Werderber, who she had sworn in earlier that day.
Marton said Werderber is a 2020 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and afterwards served for five years in the U.S. Marine Corps. In November of 2025, he graduated from the Westmoreland County Community College Police Academy and, Marton said, was at the top of his class in academics, firearms and driving proficiency.
Later in the meeting, council voted unanimously, with Amanda DePaulis absent, to offer a job to two other police officer applicants.
Werderber became the police department’s 10th officer in addition to the chief of police. The borough’s 2025 budget allows for 13 officers and a chief of police.
Originally published January 05, 2026.
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