The Operations Commander is responsible for management and supervision of the Patrol, Traffic and Special Service Divisions of the department. The Operations Commander is also responsible for developing and managing the work schedule for the entire department.

Lt. Bellan oversees all of the departments training. This includes scheduling officers for both mandatory and specialized training, as well as coordinating training conducted by the many instructors in the department. This includes annual firearms qualification and training, use of force training, and training on new department policies and procedures. Lt. Bellan also serves as administrator of the departments Field Training Officer Program which trains new officers hired by the department.As Public Safety Liaison, Lt. Bellan is the point of contact for all other public safety entities in the township including the 8 volunteer fire departments of the township, Ross/West View EMSA, Ross Township Fire Police and the Ross Township School Guards. He also serves as the liaison to Allegheny County 911, the municipalities emergency dispatch center.

In addition to his other duties, Lt. Bellan is currently serving as the departments Accreditation Manager as they pursue accreditation through the Pennsylvania Chief of Police Association. He is also serving on the township’s Emergency Management Planning Committee that is in the process of updating the township’s emergency management plans.

Lt. Bellan has been a police officer with Ross Township since 1987. He served in the Patrol and Traffic Divisions prior to his promotion to his current assignment in October 2000. While in patrol, he spent 12 years as department Field Training Officer, including 5 years as Senior Field Training Officer. During his time in the traffic division, Lt. Bellan served as one of the departments Accident Reconstructionist and earned accreditation in this field through ACTAR. Lt. Bellan is a graduate of Penn State University’s POSIT and POLEX programs and a graduate of the FBI Nation Academy, 210th session.