Area 5 Aggressive Driving Certificates of Appreciation

Aggressive Driving Certificates of Appreciation
were presented to Police Departments that participated in the 2009 Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement & Education Project.

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Area 5 AD Award Winners

Area 5 departments excelling in aggressive driving enforcement were honored recently in Area 5 ...

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Speed Trailers In Use

A Speed Display Trailer being used in the City of St. Marys (Elk Co) Area 5.

Clearfield Borough PD Aggressive Driving Unit

Clearfield Borough PD´s new Aggressive Driving Unit. This unit will actually be used at the Clearfield Co. Fair and at other large events in the area Clearfield area to patrol where regular police vehicle are restricted.

Oil City PD Enforcement

Oil City PD (Venango County) conducts an Aggressive Driving Enforcement Detail
on Rt. 8 & Rt. 62 during the Wave 2 enforcement period.

Bradford Township Police Department Joins AD Program

The Bradford Township Police Department (McKean County) has joined the Aggressive Driving & Buckle Up PA Enforcement programs. Pictured: Officer Tim Gigliotti, Andrea Bierer, Region 5-Team Leader and Chief David Doyle.

AD Outreach on Township Web Sites

Township, village, town, borough or city websites are a great venue through which to reach out to citizens about aggressive driving enforcement. Residents access these sites frequently to find local information. This example is from Ferguson Township in Centre County.

Area 5 Publicity

Region 5 had some good publicity for 2009 Operation Safe Holiday activities. View the attached PDF for press clippings.

Area 5 Survival 101 Trainings

A Survival 101 class was held at the Perseus House School of Excellence in Erie County for 75 students in December. PSP Troopers Greenlee, Brown and Stevic presented the program. Police training to present these programs to students can be scheduled by contacting LEL John Conti.

Vehicle Trunk Display Signs Available

Officer Kevin Daily of Oil City PD and Chief Matt Carlson of Sugarcreek PD (Venango Co) accept the new vehicle trunk display signs as Region 5 Team Leader Andrea Bierer looks on. Additional vehicle trunk signs are available by contacting your area LEL.

Crash LELs Help Departments

Crash LELs are helping departments to make the transition from paper to electronic crash reporting.

In this photo, Crash LEL Jim Guffey delivers and sets up a new Crash Reporting computer at Sugarcreek PD (Venango Co) while Lt. Ryan Ashbaugh looks on.

Operation Safe Holiday in Youngstown

The Youngstown PD promotes aggressive driving
enforcement and reminds drivers to Buckle Up for Operation Safe Holiday.

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Oil City PD Operation Safe Holiday

Safety Checkpoint in Oil City (Venango County) during the Thanksgiving mobilization of Operation Safe Holiday.

Region 5 ADEEP Meetings

Meetings were held throughout the region for Aggressive Driving ...

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Warren and McKean ADEEP Kick Off 2010

Region 5 held a kick-off meeting for the 2010 ADEEP for Police Departments in Warren & McKean Counties.

Safety Checkpoint Training Available

A Safety Checkpoint Training was held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the North East Borough Police Department in Erie County. Officers from North East Borough PD, Lawrence Park Township PD and Millcreek Township PD participated in the training session.

Safety Checkpoint Training is available to all Police Departments within Area 5. For further information contact LEL John Conti

Patton-Twnshp-PSA-2009-Holidays-LIGHT-30.mp3

This Operation Safe Holiday PSA is from Chief John Petrick of the Patton Twp. Police Department of Centre County.

Trunk Mounted Signs Available

Trunk mounted signs were delivered to participating Police Departments throughout Area 5 in October. These pictures show Chief Osborne & Ofc. Taggart of the Grove City Police Dept. (Mercer County) and Cpl. Chimera of the Millcreek Twp. Police Department Traffic Division (Erie County) displaying their new signs. Although the signs show Aggressive Driving Enforcement they also can be switched to read “Seat Belt Enforcement” and “DUI” patrol. Participating Aggressive Driving police departments that also wish to receive one of the new multi-use trunk mounted signs should contact LEL John Conti.

Area 5 Vehicle Display Signs

Area 5 has received additional vehicle display signs. These new signs can display three different messages, Aggressive Driving Patrol - Seat Belt Enforcement - DUI Patrol. Any Participating Police Department that wishes to use Vehicle Displays should contact Area 5 LEL John Conti.

Sandy Township AD Enforcement

Sandy Township. PD (Clearfield County) uses a combination of signs / speed display trailer and marked units to reduce speeding and aggressive driving violation in their jurisdiction just outside of Dubois City.

Erie Times Story

Story about speed enforcement.

Erie County AD Awards

Area 5 Team Leader Andrea Bierer presents Lt. Carter Mook of the Millcreek Twp. Police Dept. (Erie County) with a Certificate of Appreciation for his participation in the 2008 Aggressive Driving Campaign.

Warren-McKean Aggressive Driving Meeting

Departments participating in the Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project were recognized recently ...

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Erie-Crawford Aggressive Driving Meeting

Departments participating in the Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project were recognized recently ...

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Centre-Mifflin-Clearview Aggressive Driving Meeting

Departments participating in the Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project were recognized recently ...

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Mercer-Vendango County AD Recognition

Departments participating in the Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project were recognized recently ...

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Ferguson Township's 4-wheeler ENRADD

The Ferguson Twp. PD (Centre County) uses 4-wheeler to run ENRADD unit in Aggressive Driving Enforcement details.

AD Enforcement in Centre County

Route 322 from State College through Potters Mills to the Mifflin/Centre County line has been targeted for Aggressive Driving Violations with special attention to speeding. This is due to a high number of crashes and fatals . There will be NO WARNINGS issued in this enforcement area. Details are being conducted by the State College Police Department and the PA. State Police with funds provided for under the Aggressive Driving and Enforcement Program.

New Departments Welcomed

Police Departments across Area 5 saw limited Aggressive Driving enforcement activity during the first month of Wave 1 due to the severe winter weather.

Area 5 welcomed 14 new Police Departments to the Aggressive Driving enforcement program for 2009-2010. If any Police departments in our Area desire additional information on how to join either the Aggressive Driving Enforcement or BUPA programs, please contact Areaal LEL John Conti.

Drive Safe PA PSAs Underway

A new PSA with the “Drive Safe PA” slogan has recently been distributed to all grant participating departments. This 30-second PSA is ready to be personalized and recorded on local radio stations.

Police departments across the 15 counties of Area 5 have had great success with recording PSA´s in the past, and we look forward to success with this new PSA.

If you need a copy of the PSA, please contact John Conti or Andrea Bierer. If you record it on a local station, be sure to e-mail John or Andrea and let them know. Thanks for your help!

Area 5 Kickoff Meetings

The Aggressive Driving Police Kick-off Area meetings took place recently in Area 5. Three meetings were held; one for Clearfield and Elk departments (shown here), Centre, one for Clinton and Mifflin departments, and one for Mercer and Venago departments.