Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S574 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
13	13	law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
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15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :William J. Driscoll, Jr.Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol 1 of 2
17	17	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1864 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
18	18	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 574
19	19	By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 574) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. that
20	20	the Department of Conservation and Recreation erect and maintain memorial markers in the
21	21	towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain law enforcement officers killed in the line of
22	22	duty. Environment and Natural Resources.
23	23	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
24	24	SEE HOUSE, NO. 786 OF 2023-2024.]
25	25	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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27	27	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
28	28	(2025-2026)
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30	30	An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain
31	31	law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
32	32	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
33	33	of the same, as follows:
34	34	1 The department of conservation and recreation shall erect and maintain 4 suitable
35	35	2markers in memory of 4 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty. The
36	36	3markers shall be similar in form to street signs, shall be placed on sidewalk land islands at the
37	37	4locations near where each officer was killed, and shall each include the name of the officer and
38	38	5the circumstances of their death, as follows:
39	39	6 (i) to be placed on 158 Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, in the Town of Milton in
40	40	7memory of Patrolman Robert Dana, noting “On March 25, 1984, while conducting a traffic stop
41	41	8in the Town of Milton on Blue Hills Parkway, Patrolman Dana was shot and fatally wounded.”; 2 of 2
42	42	9 (ii) to be placed on Blue Hills Parkway, northbound, at Parkway Crescent in the Town of
43	43	10Milton in memory of Patrolman Robert Edmonds, noting “On December 23, 1936, while on
44	44	11pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Blue Hills Parkway in the Town of Milton, Patrolman Edmonds
45	45	12collided with a tree and subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
46	46	13 (iii) to be placed on Hillside street at Chickatawbut road in the Town of Milton in
47	47	14memory of Patrolman Robert Stewart, noting “On February 8, 1913, while on mounted patrol,
48	48	15Patrolman Stewart was thrown from his horse on Hillside Street in the Town of Milton.
49	49	16Patrolman Stewart subsequently succumbed to his injuries.”;
50	50	17 (iv) to be placed near Fisherman’s Beach at Ponkapoag pond in the Town of Canton, in
51	51	18memory of Patrolman William Mateer, noting “On January 10, 1909, while attempting to rescue
52	52	19a fisherman who had fallen through the ice on Ponkapoag Pond in the Town of Canton, both
53	53	20Patrolman Mateer and the fisherman drowned.”