Full Notification

It's that time of year!

2011 marks the 5th year of the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police's OPERATION SAFE STOP, a program designed to keep your children safe at their bus stops.

The program has four main goals:

1. Allow Upper Macungie / Maxatawny/ Topton and Lyons residents the opportunity to nominate school bus stops throughout the jurisdictional area. These bus stop locations, nicknamed “Safe Stops,” would be placed on a list located in the BLRPD station.

2. Increase officer presence throughout all listed bus stops through the use of marked and unmarked police vehicles and through foot patrol.

3. Prevent violations of Pennsylvania Vehicle Code section 3345, “Meeting or Overtaking School Bus” by passing motorists by being highly visible in problem areas.*

4. Apprehend and cite those motorists who fail to stop for flashing red signals on school buses.


*The reader should note that the third objective is listed before the fourth objective for a reason. Although we hope to apprehend and cite offenders, our main purpose is the safety of all children (and parents) at “Safe Stops.” A violation prevented may have saved the life of an innocent child and therefore is more important that a citation.

In the past, our police officers have received tremendous positive feedback from the residents in regards to police presence at bus stops. We look forward to being able to provide this service to our residents and keep our community safe!

To nominate your bus stop (no matter how big or small), simply contact Investigator Peter Nickischer and provide the following information:

1. Bus stop location (exact)
2. Bus stop times (either morning, afternoon, or both).

Contact Investigator Nickischer through email at [email protected], send him a private message through Facebook (" Ci Pete Nickischer), or call 610-683-8740, ext 225. Emails are preferred.