Lt. Dave Villotti of the Butler Bureau of Police, left, helped the city earn a Community Traffic Safety award through AAA for coordinating multiple safety initiatives this year. He is pictured here Thursday alongside Bureau of Police Chief Robert O'Neill at Butler City Council. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

The Butler Bureau of Police received an award for the traffic safety initiatives it promoted throughout 2022.

Bureau of Police chief Robert O’Neill presented a plaque the department received from AAA to Butler City Council during a forum meeting Thursday. The plaque awarded the city with the 2022 Community Traffic Safety Gold Award.

The initiatives were all funded by various entities that go through the county, according to O’Neill, who also said Lt. Dave Villotti coordinated the initiatives to promote certain safety measures.

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