NYSP Wall of Honor - Today we remember Trooper Edward J. Sweeney
Trooper Sweeney was killed on May 17, 1930 when his motorcycle collided with a truck on Sunrise Highway near Babylon. At the time of the accident, he was en-route to Freeport from the Wantagh Station for administrative duty.
Trooper Sweeney was a seven-month veteran of the State Police assigned to the Jones Beach detail. He was the first member of the State Police assigned to newly established Troop L to die in the line of duty.
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