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Trooper

Thomas L. Clardy

Massachusetts State Police — Framingham, MA

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 16, 2016

Age 44

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 3090

The Vigil Panel 165 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 37

Incident

Trooper Thomas Clardy died from injuries he sustained in a vehicle collision on I-90, near mile marker 80 in Charlton, at approximately 12:00 pm.

He was working an overtime assignment conducting accident reduction enforcement when he made a traffic stop of another vehicle. He had returned to his patrol car when another vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed crossed three travel lanes and struck him from behind.

Trooper Clardy was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The driver of the vehicle who struck the patrol car was charged with driving under the influence of marijuana. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and vehicular homicide.

Trooper Clardy was a United States Army and Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Massachusetts State Police for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and six children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Clardy gave the Massachusetts State Police 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Massachusetts. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Massachusetts State Police

Type State Police

Location Framingham, MA

Platform Identity masp.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 16, 2016

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 44

Badge Number 3090

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Narcotics involved

Military Service

Thomas L. Clardy served in the U.S. Army (1989â1989) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Thomas L. Clardy is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MA, 199 of 469 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.4% of this state's fallen. That is 42.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Massachusetts State Police, 7 of 38 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 18.4% of this agency's fallen.

Massachusetts State Police

of 38 officers

18.4% Felonious

MA — Statewide

199

of 469 officers

42.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious