The Caernarvon Township Police Department will again be partnering with law enforcement agencies across Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 to monitor school bus stop locations for illegal violations.  Our department on a daily basis checks with our school bus partner's for area's that might be of a issue with motorist not paying attention or obeying the PA Vehicle Code.

Operation Safe Stop is a proactive approach to educate the motoring public that passing a stopped school bus, when children are loading or unloading, is both dangerous and illegal. Law enforcement agencies, school transportation providers, pupil transportation associations, and PennDOT have combined their efforts to raise public awareness about the potential consequences of these traffic violations and reduce the occurrence of illegal school bus passes.
Over the past 29 years, PennDOT, along with law enforcement agencies and pupil transportation associations, have worked together to conduct Operation Safe Stop. On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the 30th Annual Operation Safe Stop will take place. On this day, we hope all school districts will participate by having their drivers document any illegal passes occurring on their routes during the day. If possible, the drivers should get a description of the vehicle, license plate, driver and location of violation.

We urge motorist to continue to watch for stopped school buses during the school year.  

Chief Paul R. Stolz, Jr.