RI State Police Retires Badges of Seven Fallen Troopers
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Yesterday, in a ceremony at their headquarters in North Scituate, the Rhode Island State Police retired the badge numbers of the seven troopers killed in the line of duty since the law enforcement agency was founded in 1925.
The trooper who most recently held the badge number gave a plaque and the badge number to a family member of the trooper killed in the line of duty.
“Retiring these troopers badge numbers is the right thing to do to honor their memory. said Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety. "The seven troopers are all true heroes.”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe troopers who were killed in the line of duty are:
Trooper John Weber, June 16, 1925
Trooper Arthur L. Staples, Jr., December 18, 1931
Lieutenant Arnold L. Poole, May 30, 1934
Trooper Joseph J. Gallivan, June 22, 1937
Trooper Bradford G. Mott, May 7, 1941
Trooper Daniel L. O’Brien, August 31, 1954
Sergeant Walter J. Burgess, November 14, 1959
