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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William J. Driscoll, Jr.
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :William J. Driscoll, Jr.Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 574) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. that
the Department of Conservation and Recreation erect and maintain memorial markers in the
towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain law enforcement officers killed in the line of
duty. Environment and Natural Resources.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 786 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 The department of conservation and recreation shall erect and maintain 4 suitable
2markers in memory of 4 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty. The
3markers shall be similar in form to street signs, shall be placed on sidewalk land islands at the
4locations near where each officer was killed, and shall each include the name of the officer and
5the circumstances of their death, as follows:
6 (i) to be placed on 158 Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, in the Town of Milton in
7memory of Patrolman Robert Dana, noting “On March 25, 1984, while conducting a traffic stop
8in the Town of Milton on Blue Hills Parkway, Patrolman Dana was shot and fatally wounded.”; 2 of 2
9 (ii) to be placed on Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, at Parkway Crescent in the Town of
10Milton in memory of Patrolman Robert Edmonds, noting “On December 23, 1936, while on
11pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Blue Hills Parkway in the Town of Milton, Patrolman Edmonds
12collided with a tree and subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
13 (iii) to be placed on Hillside street at Chickatawbut road in the Town of Milton in
14memory of Patrolman Robert Stewart, noting “On February 8, 1913, while on mounted patrol,
15Patrolman Stewart was thrown from his horse on Hillside Street in the Town of Milton.
16Patrolman Stewart subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
17 (iv) to be placed near Fisherman’s Beach at Ponkapoag pond in the Town of Canton, in
18memory of Patrolman William Mateer, noting “On January 10, 1909, while attempting to rescue
19a fisherman who had fallen through the ice on Ponkapoag Pond in the Town of Canton, both
20Patrolman Mateer and the fisherman drowned.”