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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SERGEANT EDMOND F.

MALLOY

     Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Ruggerio, Metts, Ciccone, and Quezada

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Edmond F. Malloy, a Sergeant with the Providence Police Department who

inspired many with his brave fight against cancer, passed away on October 31, 2019; and

     WHEREAS, Sergeant Malloy was born in Providence in 1967, to Maureen and Edmond

Malloy, Sr., a Providence Police Officer. After graduating from La Salle Academy in 1986, Mr.

Malloy enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he served our nation with honor and

attained the rank of Sergeant; and

     WHEREAS, In 1988, Mr. Malloy was accepted into the Providence Police Training

Academy where he excelled, graduating in the top echelon of his class. Shortly thereafter,

Officer Malloy began his distinguished public service career proclaiming to all that being a police

officer was the best job in the world, and gave him the honor of “Helping people and protecting

our city and country”; and

     WHEREAS, Sergeant Malloy served the City of Providence, its citizens, and all who

visited the City with tireless devotion and utmost integrity and professionalism. He served in a

wide array of capacities, from Patrol, Special Investigations, Community Policing, and with a

Motorcycle Unit, to serving as an Academy Field Training Officer, as a Sniper Team Leader, and

his last assignment where he was deployed to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force; and

     WHEREAS, Sergeant Malloy served his family, friends, and the community to the end of

his life. He reported to work and fulfilled his law enforcement duties even after he had finished a

round of chemotherapy, including one night when, after twelve hours of chemotherapy, he

responded with the Police Department at 2:30 A.M. to a hostage situation in Providence and

proceeded to oversee the setup of a sniper position across the street from a house where a family

was being held hostage. Sergeant Malloy also reported for duty at Ground Zero after the terrorist

attack on September 11, 2001; and

     WHEREAS, Sergeant Malloy received numerous honors and commendations throughout

his exemplary law enforcement career. He received several Chief’s Awards, the Commissioner’s

Award, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Award, the ASIS Lifetime Achievement Award, and

many others in recognition of his bravery and devotion to duty. On the last day of his life, Officer

Malloy was promoted to the rank of Sergeant by Colonel Hugh Clements and Commissioner

Steve Pare; and

     WHEREAS, Sergeant Malloy leaves behind his wife, Eloise, his children, Ryan and

Meagan, his mother Maureen, and his father, retired Providence Police Officer Edmond Malloy,

Sr., PPD. He also leaves behind his sisters, Karen Blair and Julie Malloy, his former wife and

mother of his children, Diane Malloy, and his beloved dog Maize; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Sergeant Edmond F. Malloy,

Providence Police Department; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Eloise Malloy and family.

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