Overview
- About 40 students who protested U.S. immigration enforcement on February 20 left Quakertown High School and later clashed with Police Chief Scott McElree, leading to five arrests.
- An April 16 report from a panel of Bucks County police chiefs cleared McElree, calling him the victim and citing fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
- The panel said McElree was not clearly identifiable in plain clothes and urged visible badges for plainclothes officers and body cameras during similar events.
- At a borough hall meeting, residents and defense lawyers called the review biased because it was led by neighboring chiefs and demanded a third‑party inquiry.
- The Bucks County district attorney is running a separate investigation with no timeline for findings, and four teens have had felony counts dismissed but still face other charges.