The Lancaster County DUI Top Gun Awards took place Tuesday as part of the 30^th Annual DUI Awareness Conference presented by the DUI Council of Lancaster County at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center.

Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office Chief of Appeals and Legal Services Ande Gonzalez presented the awards to eight Lancaster County law enforcement officers.

Gonzalez commended the officers and the importance of making DUI arrests during a speech before the presentation.

“The numbers you hear today aren’t just DUI arrests,” Gonzalez said. “They are lives saved.”

“DUI law enforcement has a tremendous impact in keeping drivers, pedestrians, and all Lancaster County residents safe,” Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said. “The work of these officers not only acts as a deterrence to those who contemplate driving while impaired but also prevents potentially dangerous situations before they happen.”

East Lampeter Township police officer Samuel Sanger had the most DUI arrests with 47 followed by New Holland police officer Brett Reifsnyder with 33 and East Cocalico Township police officer Logan High with 19.

Other award winners included:

-Northwest Regional Police Officer Brad Redinger

-Lititz Borough Police Officer Tyler Weinoldt

-Manor Township Police Officer Clay Smoker

-Elizabethtown Police Detective Edward Wengiel

-West Hempfield Police Officer Michael Murray

Following the Top Gun presentation, Lancaster County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Linardo taught a workshop regarding updates to traffic safety caselaw including appellate court rulings concerning DUI enforcement and prosecution in Pennsylvania.

The DUI Victims Moving Memorial was present at the event; the memorial displays and honors the names of more than 2,000 victims who lost their lives due to an impaired driver.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.