Six Central Pennsylvania police officers are among those who were recognized this week with the Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association’s “DUI Top Gun Awards.”
The award recognizes municipal police officers for their efforts to get impaired drivers off Pennsylvania’s roadways. A total of 21 officers from across the commonwealth were recognized this year.
In the 23 years since the award has been presented, Top Gun Award recipients have collectively removed 51,952 impaired drivers from the roads, the PA DUI Association said.
This year’s recipients were honored today.
“We expect a great deal from our law enforcement officers,” said PA DUI Association Executive Director C. Stephen Erni in a press release. “We ask them to be a counselor, teacher, medical technician, social worker, psychologist, mentor and negotiator, and then we expect them to enforce the laws.
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