Learning Eddie Eagle's safety message in Western Pennsylvania
There are so many great stories about Eddie Eagle's safety message reaching children all over the United States. In the most recent Eagle Eye newsletter, we learned about Eddie is doing great work with the Allegheny County Sheriff's Department in the Pittsburgh area:
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe®
Program is very proud to have the
opportunity to work with hundreds of
law enforcement agencies around the
country. Every year the program hears
great stories of Eddie’s success and the
tremendous impact that Eddie Eagle has
on local communities.
Lately, the program heard how the
Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department
has implemented the Eddie Eagle
Program into its annual operations,
resulting in great benefit to the Allegheny
County community.
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office,
located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has
provided crime prevention education
to countless children over the past 50
years. From administrators and teachers
working in the region’s 42 school districts
to Pre-K and private school faculty, the
Sheriff’s Office has worked with an array
of qualified educators to bring safety
information to the roughly 240,000 kids
living in Allegheny County.
The Sheriff’s Office’s most effective tool
in teaching kids about gun safety is
the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program.
message offers
kids an easy way to
remember the critical
aspects of gun safety.
The Eddie Eagle
GunSafe Program
is widely embraced
by generations of
children and adults
throughout he
Pittsburgh region and
remains one of the
Allegheny County
Sheriff Office’s most
requested crime prevention programs.
Teaching kids in the
presence of a firearm
to “Stop! Don’t
Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an Adult,”
allows the Allegheny Sheriff ’s Office
to fulfill its commitment to educate
children that firearms are not toys, and
should never be handled by children.
The popularity of
the Eddie Eagle
GunSafe Program
is of little surprise
to the Allegheny
County Sheriff ’s
Office.
Since Eddie’s 1988
creation, local school
administrators,
teachers and parents
have commended
Eddie Eagle GunSafe
for its life-saving
message and children
have delighted in the
program’s fun and
exciting mascot,
Eddie Eagle. Having
impacted thousands
of kids throughout the years, Eddie
Eagle is a well-known character of public
safety in Allegheny County.
Kids are thrilled to see Eddie and are
quickly able to recall the important safety
message he represents. The Allegheny
County Sheriff’s Office strongly believes
the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program
has reduced the County’s number of
gun-related accidents involving children
and enthusiastically recommends the
program to any organization dedicated
to protecting the well-being of children.
Sheriff Mullen says, “The Allegheny
County Sheriff’s Office is proud to be
affiliated with the Eddie Eagle GunSafe
Program, an initiative that has helped
save the lives of young people across the
country.”