Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Michael Kelley suffered a fatal heart attack while directing traffic on Wyoming Avenue near Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
Patrolman Kelley had been assigned to direct traffic to cross the local school kids across Wyoming Avenue safely. He had just crossed a group of kids across the street safely when he suffered a fatal heart attack. He was taken across the street to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Patrolman Kelley had served with the Kingston Borough Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Kelley gave the Kingston Borough Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kingston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Kelley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Michael Joseph Kelley is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Joseph Kelley's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Joseph Kelley Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Joseph Kelley is highlighted in Dec.