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Proclamation honoring Officer Thomas Rigatti of the Bethel Park Police Department for his 27 years of community service, including his outstanding work for the late Joey Fabus and the Fabus family in 2014.
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WHEREAS, Officer Thomas “Tom” Rigatti joined the Bethel Park Police Department in 1988 and has served in various capacities such as patrol division and the traffic division; since October 2009, Officer Rigatti has served as a Community Resource/Crime Prevention Officer in the Crime Prevention Unit; and
WHEREAS, since 1989, Officer Rigatti has served as a Police Pal to schools in the Bethel Park School District helping to build trust between youth and law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure, Officer Rigatti spearheaded the Police Pals Food Drive and developed the Police Pals Holiday Adopt-A-Family program, benefitting needy local families; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, Officer Rigatti, in conjunction with Officer Modrak, created the Bethel Park Police Law Enforcement Apprenticeship Program (L.E.A.P.) providing Bethel Park High School students the opportunity to learn more about a career in law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, since 2009, Officer Rigatti has organized the Police Pals/Pittsburgh Steelers Benefit Basketball game to fund the Sergeant Charles Bonczek Scholarship, which, since its inception, has awarded over $23,000 to college-bound participants of the L.E.A.P. program; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, Officer Rigatti re-established the Bethel Park Citizen Police Academy (C.P.A.) providing basic information about the law enforcement profession and the daily operations of the Bethel Park Police Department to more than 45 citizens per year; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, Officer Rigatti re-established the Bethel Park Crime Watch Program, growing the membership to more than 1,000 individuals; and
WHEREAS, among the numerous grants Officer Rigatti obtained, one in particular helped to establish a new Child Identification system in 2011. Since that tim...
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