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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Cranberry Township, PA) AAA East Central honored local police departments yesterday at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Township for their efforts that were outstanding to increase road safety for all motorists. Platinum Awards were given to Sixty-five Western Pennsylvania departments and an additional 23 departments received either Gold or Silver awards. The Platinum awards were given to police departments in:
Allegheny County, Allegheny County Port Authority, Baldwin Borough, Beaver, Bellevue, Bethel Park, Brentwood Borough, Butler, Cambridge Springs, Canonsburg, Castle Shannon, Cecil, Chartiers Township, Clairton, Cranberry Township, Edgewood Borough, Edgeworth, Elizabeth Township, Erie, Findley Township, Greensburg, Hermitage, Hopewell, Indiana, Jefferson Hills, McCandless, McDonald, Meadville, Millcreek Township, Monroeville, Moon Township, Mount Lebanon, Neshannock, New Brighton, New Sewickley, North Strabane Township, Northern Regional, Oakmont, Ohio Township, Penn Hills, Peters Township, Pittsburgh Bureau, Pleasant Hills, Plum Borough, Punxsutawney, Rochester, Shaler Township, Shenango Township, South Buffalo Township, South Fayette, South Strabane Township, South Park, Southwest Greensburg, Swissvale, University of Pittsburgh, Upper St. Clair, West View and Worthington.
Sheriff’s Departments that are in these following counties received Platinum awards:
Allegheny and Washington; and Pennsylvania State Police Troops A (Greensburg), B (Washington), D (Butler), E (Meadville), and T (Somerset).
Gold awards, which were the second highest recognition to be given, were awarded to police departments in:
Bridgewater, Cochranton, Hampton Township, Heidelberg, Linesville, Monessen, North Huntingdon Township, Rankin, Scott Township, Springdale Borough, and Waynesburg as well as Sheriff’s Departments in the following counties: Greene, Indiana, and Venango.
Silver awards were given to these police departments:
Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Carroll Township, Cumberland Township, Greentree, Jeannette, Munhall, New Castle, and New Wilmington.