The Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association will be celebrating the 27th Anniversary of the DUI Top Gun Awards this week. The Association will honor 38 municipal law enforcement officers with the 2024 DUI TOP GUN Awards.

We expect a great deal from our law enforcement officers. 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. Law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania deserve a thank you for the work in reducing the threat of impaired drivers on our roadways. It is with this intent that the PA DUI Association has developed and offers this award to police officers that have a demonstrated commitment to DUI/DRE enforcement.

On Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 6:30 pm the following Pennsylvania police officers will receive the 2024 DUI/DRE TOP GUN Awards at the PA DUI Association’s 45th Annual Meeting and Training Conference at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort.  

DUI Top Gun Award Recipients

Patrolman Logan Becker, Lower Paxton Bureau of Police

Sergeant Matthew Blatt, Cumru Township Police

Patrolman Michael Bostwick, Mansfield Police Department

Patrolman Douglas Brighton, Connellsville City Police Department

Officer Kyle Chester, Mechanicsburg Borough Police Department

Patrolman Kevin Cooney, Shaler Township Police Department

Officer Paul Dowds, Port Authority Police Department 

Officer Evan Egerter, Hampton Township Police Department

Officer Corey Fogle, Ohio Township Police Department

Patrolman Patrick Gardner, West Whiteland Township Police Department

Officer Patrick Gartrell, Northern York Regional Police Department

Sergeant John Haas, Jefferson Hills Police Department

Officer Shannon Hilliard, Gettysburg Police Department

Patrolman Matthew Jenkins, Logan Township Police Department

Patrolman Manar Makhoul, Allentown City Police Department

Officer Bradley McAlester, East Pennsboro Township Police Department

Patrolman Quentin Neff, Clearfield Regional Police Department 

Patrolman Dane O’Brien, Palmerton Borough Police Department

Officer Matthew Paris, East Pikeland Township Police Department

Patrolman Jeffrey Parker, City of Erie Police Department

Patrolman Adrian Poux, Cambridge Springs Boro Police Department

Sergeant James Robb, Upper Moreland Township Police Department

Sergeant Christopher Roosen, West Manheim Township Police Department

Patrolman Stephen Rowe, Allentown City Police Department

Patrolman Louis Santiago, Allentown City Police Department

Sergeant Dathan Schlegel, Upper Macungie Township Police Department

Patrolman Jared Shank, Richland Township Police Department

Officer Lucas Sharer, State College Police Department

Patrolman Josh Silfee, Weatherly Police Department

Patrolman Kaleb Smith, Carlisle Borough Police Department

Patrolman Todd Sterner, Allentown City Police Department

Officer Travis R. Stotelmyer, Milton Borough Police Department           

Patrolman Matthew Sutton, Hazleton City Police Department

Patrolman Matthew Svoronos, Hazleton City Police Department 

Patrolman Paige Wallace, City of Greensburg Police

 

DRE Top Gun Award Recipients

Sergeant Jason Nothstein, Walnutport Police Department

Officer Nathan Powers, Pittsburgh Police Department 

 

DRE & DUI Top Gun Award Recipient

Sergeant Antonio Tramonte, North Catasauqua Borough Police Department

 

“These officers have made it a priority to remove impaired drivers from our roads”, said Leo Hegarty, the PA DUI Association’s Executive Director, “and they are an integral part of a comprehensive traffic safety plan with all of our highway safety partners to make our roadways safer.”

The honored Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Officers specialize in recognizing drug impairment and they assist officers by performing an evaluation to determine impairment.

First time DUI TOP GUN Award winners will also receive a preliminary breath testing device from the DUI Association to assist them in further identifying and removing impaired drivers from our roadways.

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