Project Blue Light Honors Local Officials

As the weather begins to chill and the leaves begin to blanket the ground, time slips fast into the holiday season. With that, it's also time for Project Blue Light to remember local officials who have died in the line of duty.

Bucks County has been involved in the project since 1977. It began in Philadelphia in 1988 when a relative wrote to Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) to tell them she'd be placing a blue light in her window to honor her fallen son-in-law. 

"It is a very simple way of recognizing the good work done by law enforcement professionals across our great nation," Chief Barry Pilla said. "Project Blue Light asks you to light just one blue porch light or holiday candle light in your window from Thanksgiving through the New Years holidays."

The official Blue Light Ceremony for Northampton Township will take place at the Dec. 14 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Bucks County officers recognized include:

Pennsylvania State Constable Henry A. Kolbe, Doyestown, Sept. 22, 1914

Bucks County Sheriff Abraham L. Kulp, Feb. 24, 1927

Police Chief Eli M. Meyers, Dublin Borough, Oct. 21, 1965

Sergeant George M. Stuckey, Bristol Township, March 29, 1972

Officer James K. Armstrong, Bensalem Township, April 15, 1975

Officer Robert A. Yezzi, Bensalem Township, Aug. 12, 1980

Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, Sept. 22, 1986

Bucks County Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta, Sept. 22, 1986

Bucks County Ranger, Stanley E. Flynn, June 9, 1993

Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, Plumstead Township, May 8, 2002

Officer Brian S. Gregg, Newtown Borough, Sept. 29, 2005

Detective Christopher C. Jones, Middletown Township, Jan. 29, 2009