Baldwin Borough Police Department

TRAFFIC WARNING: Motorists who use Streets Run Road may have noticed these signs popping up near a few railroad crossings. According to the railroad, beginning November 1, 2021, they are increasing the speed limit for their trains from 15 MPH to 25 MPH. While this may seem insignificant, it does represent a noticeable speed increase. This is a perfect time to remind all drivers that flashing red lights at the crossing means you must stop until the lights are no longer ...flashing. If you have younger drivers at home, please emphasize this law. Being impatient often leads to tragic outcomes. We will be conducting additional patrols along all train crossings in anticipation of this speed increase. Officers will be stopping any observed violation of red flashing train crossing signals. Citations may be issued. We thank you for your cooperation.

TRAFFIC ALERT: Road Closure: Streets Run Road is CLOSED from Route 51 to Old Clairton Road today until 5:00 PM for construction/ utility work in the intersection. We anticipate this short section of Streets Run Road to be closed tomorrow as well from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

CORRECTION: the early dismissal affects all students at the Baldwin High School building (grades 7-12) , and does NOT include Harrison. They are having a normal day COMMUNITY ALERT: Due to a large water line break at Route 51 and Grace Street, we have been notified that Baldwin High School will dismiss students at 10:20 AM and Harrison Educational Center will dismiss at 11:00. Route 51 is restricted to one many heading south bound. ... Please use caution.

Department News: A brother law enforcement officer in the south hills was recently diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment. Fundraising efforts are underway to support him and his family during this fight. Officers from our department are permitted to "violate" our grooming policy for the months of November and December. Each officer has to pay a "fine" for this violation. All of the money collected is being send to Jerrod's fundraising efforts. Attached are... some of the pictures of our officers' progress so far. Here is a link to this fundraising site: https://www.facebook.com/JoinJerrodsFight

TRAFFIC SAFETY: Between November 16th and 29th, police departments throughout the state will be participating in the "Buckle-Up, PA" and the "Click It or Ticket" campaigns in an effort to make the roads safer and gain compliance with seatbelt usage for both drivers and passengers. Seatbelt use is one of the easiest choices one can make for a safe commute. During this time period, travel increases due to the Thanksgiving holiday and we want everyone to remain safe and enjoy time with family and friends. The Baldwin Borough Police Department will be joined by police departments from Clairton, Duquesne, Elizabeth Township, Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills, Swissvale, West Mifflin, and Whitehall during this enforcement program. Please make safe choices and Buckle-Up, PA.....

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Today we welcome our two newest members of our police department. Officers Spencer McDowell and Steven Cippel were administered the Oaths of Office this morning by Mayor Depretis. Both officers were joined by their families for the ceremony. Welcome to our family, Spencer and Steven.

COMMUNITY NEWS: Mayor Depretis has set the Borough's Trick or Treating for: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

DEPARTMENT NEWS: We are testing for entry-level police officers.....

ROAD CLOSURE: We have just received information that GRACE STREET will be CLOSING. The underpass on Grace Street, near the Route 51 intersection, will be closed beginning SEPTEMBER 21st until OCTOBER 9th. This closure will ONLY BE FROM 7 AM to 5 PM DAILY. Evening/overnight hours the road will be open. Columbia Gas will be making line/ meter replacements in that area, prompting the closure.

ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE: Here is the latest update we have received on the Streets Run Road closure: The contractor is anticipating that the work will be finished on or about Labor Day. The original area of work is nearly finished (near Option Automotive). While completing this work, the contractor is also fixing a lane collapse closer to Chapons. The heavy rains are causing some delays at that repair. We have seen chatter on other community Facebook pages that no work has... begun. This is inaccurate. While we understand this closure is inconvenient to many people, completing this second section of lane collapse repair will prevent a future closure of the entire roadway. Prospect Road: We received information today that the contractor has been given the OK to begin this reconstruction work. This will fix the large slide that has been controlled by an alternating/ temporary traffic light for 1.5 years. Prospect Road will be completely closed from Streets Run Road to the top, near Elderslee. This will begin on SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 and end on or about NOVEMBER 2, 2020. Finally, we are receiving regular weather updates from Allegheny County Emergency Services. We are still expecting significant rainfall totals through this weekend. There is a weather system passing through this afternoon, and the remnants of Hurricane Laura are expected to pass south of us from tonight through early Sunday morning. We will work to update this page with closures as best we can, while still handling calls for service. Please use extra caution this weekend and be on the lookout for flooded roads and water ponding. If you regularly follow our page, you should be familiar with our "frequent flyers" when it comes to flooded roadways. Use caution. Be safe. Thank you.

STREETS RUN ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. This is from the City of Pittsburgh line to the current closure at Brentwood Road. We will provide an update on the construction project on Streets Run Road later this afternoon.... Please travel safely.

COMMUNITY NEWS: We are pleased to announce that our department received a $5000.00 grant from the Norfolk Southern Railroad Foundation as part of their Local Discretion Grant Program. Pictured are Chief Cortazzo, Rick Johnson (Senior General Foreman of Norfolk Southern Railroad) and Deputy Chief Hagan. We would like to thank Norfolk Southern Railroad for this grant and look forward to our continued partnership. We are excited to use this grant to upgrade our technology equipment.