For the second time in two months, Schuylkill Township is looking for a new police officer.

Tim Walsh, who was hired in February at $21.50 per hour on an as-needed basis, resigned.

Township Police Chief Frank DiMarco recommended Walsh - who also serves as an officer in Port Carbon Borough and Walker Township - after he did a background check on Walsh.

Walsh replaced Officer Jason Lex, who was suspended in December after he was charged after police said he used a police computer to find his ex-girlfriend and then confront her and her new boyfriend last May.

Citing the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Safety Act of 2004, which states Lex, 49, of Ringtown, had to be suspended until the charges are disposed of, the supervisors voted to suspend Lex in December - who had been off-duty after the incident, but was reinstated in September.

In a letter to council dated Feb. 4, Lex resigned as an officer. The supervisors voted to formally accept Lex’s resignation Feb. 21.