Alje M. Savela.
Patrolman Alje Savela was shot and killed while making a traffic stop on Route 122 in Barre at 8:20 pm. A farmer heard several gunshots and found Patrolman Savela's body with seven 9 mm gunshot wounds. One of the suspects in the case later shot and killed Assistant Superintendent James Godwin of the Florida Department of Corrections during an escape attempt on April 4th, 1955. The inmate died in prison. Patrolman Savela was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Massachusetts State Police for four years, assigned to A Troop. He was survived by his expectant wife, mother, and brother. The range at the Massachusetts State Police Academy is named in his honor. He is buried at North Cemetery in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
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In tribute
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.
Patrolman Savela gave the Massachusetts State Police 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Massachusetts, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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