HISTORY OF RADAR LEGISLATION
SENATE BILL 607
"Advocating for Radar: Senate Bill 607"
Borough News Magazine, Aug. 2019
Article
MUNICIPAL & OTHER RADAR RESOLUTIONS
In the last legislative session, 2013-2014, the Radar Coalition asked municipalities, who support their efforts to give municipal police the option of using radar, to adopt a resolution in favor of Senate Bill 1340 sponsored by Senator Randy Vulakovich and House Bill 1272 sponsored by Representative Harry Readshaw. Over 92 municipalities and municipal associations did so.
In the 2015-2016 legislative session, the passage of legislation ending this indefensible prohibition is a matter of unfinished business. Once again, Senator Randy Vulakovich has introduced the Radar Coalition’s bill in the Senate along with 20 bi-partisan co-sponsors and Representative Harry Readshaw introduced the same bill in the House of Representatives along with 17 bipartisan co-sponsors. Those bills are Senate Bill 535 and House Bill 71 respectively.
Any municipalities who are not listed below can show support for this legislation by adopting a resolution in favor of the current bills sponsored by Senator Vulakovich and Representative Readshaw. Click HERE to download a sample resolution. Those municipalities, who enact resolutions, are also encouraged to publicize their support through a news release. Click HERE to download a sample news release.
The municipalities and other organizations who have adopted a resolution in support of giving municipal police the option of using radar to enforce the maximum speeds determined by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania to be safe speeds are:
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY COUNCIL
- CITY OF ALTOONA
- MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK
- BIGLERVILLE BOROUGH
- BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH
- CITY OF BRADFORD
- BRADFORD TOWNSHIP
- BOROUGH OF BRENTWOOD
- BOROUGH OF BRIDGEVILLE
- BROOKVILLE BOROUGH
- CAPITAL REGION COUNCIL
- BOROUGH OF CASTLE SHANNON
- Catasauqua Borough
- CITY OF CLAIRTON
- CLYMER BOROUGH
- CITY OF CORRY
- borough of denver
- BORO OF DRAVOSBURG
- DILLSBURG BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF DORMONT
- BOROUGH OF DUNCANSVILLE
- TOWNSHIP OF EAST PENNSBORO
- EAST PETERSBURG BOROUGH
- EDGEWORTH BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF EDINBORO
- BOROUGH OF ELIZABETHTOWN
- EPHRATA BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF FAIRFIELD
- CITY OF FARRELL
- FLEETWOOD BOROUGH
- FOSTER TOWNSHIP
- CITY OF FRANKLIN
- FRANKLIN PARK BOROUGH
- GETTYSBURG BOROUGH
- CITY OF GREENSBURG
- HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP
- TOWNSHIP OF HANOVER
- BOROUGH OF HATBORO
- BOROUGH OF HIGHSPIRE
- HULMEVILLE BOROUGH
- HUNTINGDON BOROUGH
- JENNERSTOWN BOROUGH
- CITY OF LANCASTER
- Lancaster County Boroughs Association
- LANGHORNE BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF LANSDOWNE
- LEETSDALE BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF LIGONIER
- LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP
- LOWER HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP
- LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP
- MAHONING TOWNSHIP
- MANHEIM BOROUGH
- MARIETTA BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF MARTINSBURG
- MARYVSILLE BOROUGH
- MAYFIELD BOROUGh
- BOROUGH OF MIDLAND
- MILFORD BOROUGH
- Millersville Borough
- MORRISVILLE BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF MT. CARMEL
- BOROUGH OF MOUNT JOY
- MUNICIPALITY OF MT. LEBANON
- MOUNTVILLE BOROUGH
- MUNICIPALITY OF MURRYSVILLE
- NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH
- CITY OF NEW CASTLE
- nEW CUMBERLAND borough
- NEW SALEM BOROUGH
- NORTH WOODBURY TOWNSHIP
- BOROUGH OF NORTHERN CAMBRIA
- OXFORD BOROUGH
- PALMER TOWNSHIP
- PALMERTON BOROUGH
- PALMYRA BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF PALO ALTO
- PENNDEL
- BOROUGH OF PHOENIXVILLE
- PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCIL
- BOROUGH OF PORT VUE
- BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN
- ROCKLEDGE BOROUGH
- borough of rOYALTON
- SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BOROUGH
- SHAMOKIN DAM BOROUGH
- SHREWSBURY BOROUGH
- SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP
- STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
- STOYSTOWN BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF TARENTUM
- BOROUGH OF TURTLE CREEK
- UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP
- WARREN CITY
- BOROUGH OF WAYNESBORO
- WAYNESBURG BOROUGH
- BOROUGH OF WEST CHESTER
- BOROUGH OF WEST NEWTON
- WEST KITTANNING BOROUGH
- WHITE OAK BOROUGH
- Whitehall Borough
- WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP
- WILKINS TOWNSHIP
- BOROUGH OF WILKINSBURG
- BOROUGH OF WILSON
- BOROUGH OF WORMLEYSBURG
- YEADON BOROUGH
- CITY OF YORK
RALLY FOR ROAD SAFETY
On April 5, 2016, the Radar Coalition sponsored a Rally for Road Safety in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. The purpose of the Rally was to end the irrational and contradictory public policy of the General Assembly which enables the State Police to enforce the maximum speed laws in the Vehicle Code and hinders municipal police from doing so. This public policy has contributed to Pennsylvania having the worst record in the United States for speeding-related fatalities. For more details on the reasons for ending this bad public policy, please read the Rally Handout that was given to every Representative and Senator in the General Assembly. A supplementary piece debunking the concerns of some of the members of the General Assembly is also available below.