Campus police earn AAA Traffic Safety Award
Pitt-Bradford Campus Police is one of three area police departments to receive a Bronze Award from AAA for its community traffic safety efforts.
Bronze awards were given to the City of Saint Marys, Bradford City and the Pitt-Bradford police departments.
"We are very proud of the departments for their achievement and participation in the Community Traffic Safety Program," said Terri Rae Anthony, AAA safety adviser. "They went above and beyond the call of duty by organizing projects which would make their community a safer place for motorists as well as local residents."
The awards were given by AAA East Central for a department's safety efforts and enforcement activities geared toward making communities safer. The departments were among hundreds nationwide that participated in the Community Traffic Safety Program.
To be eligible for the annual awards, departments must conduct traffic safety promotions and educate the public on safety topics. In 2010, the departments completed work in safety education, as well as aggressive driving and seat belt grant programs. Those projects were accomplished in cooperation with PennDOT.
"The purpose of the award program is to recognize these great efforts that have advanced the cause of traffic safety so they can be shared and emulated by others," Anthony said.