Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Ret.

September 16, 2024

NEVER FORGET! Honoring the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Trooper Kenneth A. Maloney of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio, and the additional 89 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer (Retired)
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

July 28, 2024

I think about my friend ken all the time

Daryl
Local Police Officer

April 20, 2023

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Trooper Kenneth A. Maloney of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 86 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

July 28, 2022

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

July 28, 2020

Ken, I miss you all the time. I've always thought of you like a second father to me. From all good times and memories for as far back as I can remember being a little kid. To becoming a teenager and seeing and learning how to become a young man from you. I think in some ways we are a lot a like. I try to be a good dad and a good husband. I wish my wife and kids (2 sons and a daughter) got to meet and see what kind of man you are. Not to mention what type of Trooper you are. I'm very proud of you. I miss and love you Ken.

JASON MCKNIGHT
Jason McKnight (Nephew)

August 7, 2019

NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Westerville, Ohio Division of Police, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Trooper Kenneth A. Maloney of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio and the additional 75 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.



End of Watch Saturday, July 28, 1990


Trooper Kenneth Maloney was killed in an on duty two-vehicle crash in the morning hours of July 28, 1990. A member of the Georgetown Post, he was en route to investigate an accident and was on duty on State Route 68 in Brown County when his vehicle collided with a truck.

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, and parents.

Chief Joe Morbitzer
Westerville, Ohio Division of Police

July 29, 2018

Ken,
I don't know why I'm lying here trying to sleep but instead I find myself thinking of you. I still think of you often to this day. It's not the anniversary of your passing or any other special occasion thatbi know of, it's just an early Thursday February morning. It just goes to show what an incredible person you were. I was just a child when you passed but I still remember you as if you and I just talked yesterday. I can still see you sitting in the church pew behind my family and I in our little tiny church. It hasn't been the same since you've been gone there as your memory still is so very much alive within those walls. I still see you from the night I spent at your house after Edie had taken me to Kings Island and you walking out into the living room dressed in your uniform heading for your graveyard shift. It was the night before your accident. It still haunts me to this day. And although I was only a child you made such a huge impact on my life. And I will never forget you. I even followed in your footsteps. Well I tried but no one can ever possibly begin to fill your mighty shoes. You were a good man and Christian who definitely made a huge mark in this world touching every heart that was blessed to know you. I am truly thankful that I was one of them. Rest in peace Ken or shall I say rejoice in paradise, for I know you are in heaven with God, Jesus and all the angels patrolling those streets of gold and watching over all of us anticipating our reunion with you in Glory. You are truly missed and you always will be.

Lora Mingua Garman Police Officer (ret.)

February 22, 2018

They say time heals all wounds but I have to disagree. It's been almost 27 years and I'm still waiting. You have a grand daughter and your fourth grandson on the way, I think of you with each one and how proud you would have been. I am still proud to say you were my first love and best friend, the only one, still to this day, whom I was able to share everything with. I am sad to say I did not handle losing you with dignity and yet I look at my kids, who are now older than I was at the time, and realize I was just a kid when I experienced the greatest loss of my life. I am now 51 and take pride in the lady I have become. I think you would be proud too. I am very thankful for the life I have but I will always love you, think about you and miss you

Edie Carkeek
Widow

June 11, 2017

Not a day goes by that I don't think of Ken and cry. It hurts as bad today as it did then. I find myself talking to him sometimes and I hope he's listening. He was the glue that held our family together. Thanks so much for the kind words from everyone.

Joan Shelton
Sister

February 29, 2016

Ken, you are thought of everyday. Your picture hangs in remembrance at the Georgetown Post and everyone who looks at it remembers you fondly and with a smile. I know you are watching us from Heaven! We miss you and you will never be forgotten!!

Disp R L Martin
Ohio State Highway Patrol

July 29, 2015

Anyone that knew him was the better for it. He and i were friends. He loved his family and his job, and looked for the good in people. I was on duty the night this happened, such a tragedy and loss. Ken, you are gone but not forgotten. He was a good officer and a credit to the profession.

Captain Don Newman, Retired
Ripley Police Department

July 28, 2015

I worked with Ken numerous times and was on duty the night he was killed.His bible was sitting on the seat of his cruiser because he was a man of great faith.Dep. Smith and I were present while they extricated him and I held his hand even though he was gone and prayed for him.He was one of the best to wear the uniform and I was proud to be his friend.

John A. Fetters Staff Lieutenant Ret.
Brown County Sheriff Department

February 18, 2014

Thanks to all who take the time and courtesy of leaving kind words in memory of Ken. For those who did not know him, he was the kindest and most compassionate man I have ever known. He loved his job and wore the uniform with such pride. He was working hard toward being Captain one day but never had the chance to get there.

The pain and suffering never goes away, you have to learn how to deal with it day by day.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all who lost a loved one in the line of duty.

Joan Shelton
Sister

March 13, 2012

Ken was a High school friend and theres not a week that goes by that im not thinking of you!Glad that we got to be good friends cause you touched lots of lives through your short time here on earth just wanted to say that you are never forgotten kenny!!

Anonymous

May 7, 2011

You're never forgotten, sir.

Dispatcher
Ohio State Highway Patrol

August 23, 2008

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

January 8, 2008

I attended the Ohio State Highway Patrol's memorial service for the first time this past May and was moved by the dedication the Patrol has for remembering it's fallen officers. I was also greatly moved by the number of family members who come back year after year to honor their loved ones...some who have died over 50 years ago.

My boyfriend is a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol. I have always been proud of his job and his affiliation with the Patrol, but am even more so after attending the service. People always use the "words" "you will never be forgotten. The family of OSHP live by those words.

Becky Muncy, widow of Sgt. Marc Muncy
Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor

September 21, 2007

As a member of the 113th academy class, I often had 2nd thoughts if I would ever make it to graduation. You were always there to bring me up and make me laugh. Words can't express how much I miss you. If the good lord didn't call you to come home back then you would made Captain by now. Thanks for being my friend. JJ/ unit 714

Trooper JJ Reyes
Ohio State Highway Patrol

February 23, 2007

To the loved ones of Trooper Kenneth Maloney, and most especially to Trooper Maloney himself:

On this the sixteenth anniversary date of your tragic death, please know that you are remembered and missed. Rest in Peace. Your dedication and valor will never be forgotten.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Trooper Maloney gave to his community and the people of the state of Ohio, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on July 28, 1990.

Phyllis Loya, mother of Larry Lasater, PPD eow 4/24/05

July 28, 2006

Kenny, I put 26 years in the Highway Patrol and no day was as dark as that July night in 1990. In many ways you were like a son to me, the son I never had. I knew that the day would come when I would work for you. You were a special person and I have known from that day that God had His reason fro taking you then and that you are safe and secure in Heaven. I miss you to this day. Your friend, K.O.

Lt. K. O. Martin (Retired)
Ohio State Highway Patrol

August 30, 2005

I was a newly commissioned Trooper at the time of your death. I learned of your death around 5AM when the teletype went out to all posts.I knew at that point, I was not invincible. Although I did not know you, I, along with all Troopers, were dealt a huge loss.
You went 1-25 for eternity that morning.

Former Ohio Trooper

December 24, 2004

God bless the family and friends of Officer Maloney. We share a last name so I have found your name and will add you in my prayers, who knows we may have been related...? Thank you for your service to your community.
Rose Maloney, friend of Brian Haas, EOW 4-24-04

November 19, 2004

13 years to the day. You are not forgotten. I attend the O.S.P. academy regularly. I also was there for the dedication of the Troops memorial. You are still here.

Deputy M. Moore
Warren County S.O. (OH)