Police officers honored for enforcement efforts

Officers, departments target aggressive driving

Berks County police officers were recently recognized for their dedication to aggressive driving enforcement.

PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project and the local Community Traffic Safety Project honored area law enforcement officers for their exceptional participation in the program.

Each individual who received an award was nominated by their department’s chief for their efforts.

Berks County Coroner Dennis Hess, who also previously worked in law enforcement, presented officers with the awards.

“I get what you guys are doing and, as coroner, I really appreciate what you guys are doing,” said Hess. “I get it because when we go out and we have fatal crashes and stuff, you have to deal with the families and things like that. That’s when you really learn how important this is.”

The following individuals were awarded certificates for their efforts in aggressive driving enforcement for 2017-2018:

• Patrolman Brandon L. Breitenstein — West Reading Borough Police

• Patrolman Duane Duncan — Douglass Township Police

• Cynthia Geiger — Exeter Township Police

• Patrol Officer Larry L Kutz — Bern Township

• Officer Brandon Moris — Fleetwood Borough Police

• Officer Marc Oxenford — South Heidelberg Township Police

• Officer Christopher Schott — Colebrookdale District Police

• Officer James Strobel — Central Berks Regional Police

• Patrolman Jason Walters — Muhlenberg Township Police

Additionally, a total of 22 whole departments were also recognized with certificates for their efforts.

Among those departments were:

• Amity Township Police Department

• Bern Township Police Department

• Bethel Township Police Department

• Boyertown Police Police Department

• Caernarvon Township Police Department

• Central Berks Police Department

• Colebrookdale Police Department

• Douglass Township Police Department

• Exeter Township Police Department

• Fleetwood Borough Police Department

• Lower Heidelberg Police Department

• Muhlenberg Township Police Department

• Northern Berks Regional Police Department Officers from multiple departments throughout Berks County were honored at a meeting Tuesday for their work with aggressive driving enforcement.

• Reading City Police Department

• Robeson Township Police Department

• South Heidelberg Township Police Department

• Spring Township Police Department

• Tulpehocken Township

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• West Reading Borough Police Department

• Wyomissing Police Department

• Pennsylvania State Police Troop L — Reading

• Pennsylvania State Police Troop L — Hamburg

Marian DenniS — MeDianeWS groUP officers from around Berks county were honored with awards tuesday after they were nominated by their departments’ chiefs for their efforts in aggressive driving enforcement.

MARIAN DENNIS — MEDIANEWS GROUP Police officers and departments within Berks County were recently honored with certificates for their work on aggressive driving enforcement during 2017-2018.