WILKES-BARRE - Citizens' Voice correspondent and former Wilkes-Barre police Officer Pat Rushton was named this week a winner of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's Visionary Voice Award.
Mr. Rushton is among 26 people to win the award this year, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape nominated him for the award.
A founding member of The Citizens' Voice who went on to have a 20-year career with the Wilkes-Barre Police Department, Mr. Rushton has served as the education and outreach manager of the Victims Resource Center since 2001.
In his role with the coalition, Mr. Rushton, a certified sexual-assault counselor, is responsible for developing and implementing the agency's education, outreach, training and public relations efforts.