One Year After Police Chief's Death, Memorial Fund Continues Service Legacy

One year ago today , Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed in the line of duty as he tried to execute a search warrant. Not long after his death, friends and family established a memorial fund to serve the Seacoast in his name. The Chief Michael Maloney Memorial Fund has some big plans. Support the families of wounded or fallen public safety officers, fund existing community programs, and award scholarships to high school grads. John Pickering is a retired state trooper. He’s been with the project since it started. “Michael and I had been friends for many, many years. He was my closest friend," Pickering says. "And when all this happened I helped with the family getting the benefits and stuff that they were supposed to be getting. And we decided that with the community outpouring of support that we had received, that it would be nice to pay back the community.” So Pickering worked with the family to establish the fund as a new non-profit organization. He says the