Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Chief Michael Maloney was shot and killed while serving a drug-related search warrant with members of the Greenland Police Department and the Attorney General's Drug Task Force shortly after 6:00 p.m.
A subject in the home opened fire with a handgun, killing Chief Maloney and wounding four other officers.
The subject barricaded himself in the house following the shooting. He and a female were found dead several hours later after a SWAT team forced entry into the home.
Chief Maloney was a U.S. Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 26 years. He was eight days away from retirement.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two grown children, a grandson, his parents, and siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Police Chief Maloney gave the Greenland Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Greenland community. 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Michael Patrick Maloney served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Chief Michael Patrick Maloney is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NH, 23 of 59 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 39% of this state's fallen. That is 15.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Patrick Maloney's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Patrick Maloney Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Patrick Maloney is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.