The campaign is named in memory of Navy Ensign John R. REVEALED: (From left) Pictured unveiling the vehicle on Friday are Al Uhl, Little Egg Harbor Police Chief James Hawkins, Mayor Blaise Scibetta, Deputy Mayor Daniel Maxwell, Dawn Uhl, Caitlyn Smith and Al Uhl Jr.īoth HERO-wrapped patrol vehicles are now “rolling billboards” for the HERO Campaign to promote the use and important role of designated drivers in preventing drunken and impaired driving. Be a Designated Driver.” The HERO Campaign’s vehicle wrap program is expanding through a grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. The Friday unveilings allowed each town’s police department to get its HERO vehicle on the roadways before what would be a busy four-day holiday weekend for many.Ī Ford Explorer from the Galloway Police Department’s fleet and a Ford Taurus from Little Egg Harbor Township’s police fleet have been wrapped with the HERO Campaign’s bright blue and yellow logo and life-saving slogan, “Be a HERO. The HERO Campaign also joined officials from Galloway Township to unveil a second HERO vehicle. “We are grateful and proud to have the Little Egg Harbor police save lives in memory of our son,” said Al Uhl, Matt’s father, who participated in the unveiling of the Little Egg Harbor HERO vehicle along with Matt’s mother, Dawn Uhl, and sister, Caitlyn Smith.

The Uhl family has actively supported the HERO Campaign ever since. The township’s HERO car was dedicated in memory of Matt Uhl, who was killed by a drunk driver one month before he would have graduated from Rowan University, in April 2013. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers has partnered with the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department to unveil a new HERO patrol vehicle to promote the use of safe and sober designated drivers just in time for an extended Fourth of July weekend. Uhl was killed by a drunken driver in 2013. MEMORIAL: Matt Uhl’s family represented a good cause in his memory for the unveiling of a newly wrapped HERO vehicle at town hall.

Evesham township police department