05/13/2026
This week is Police Week. A week to remember and honor those officers who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. The Lancaster Police Department remembers and honors
Chief Andrew T. Malloy
End of Watch (EOW): October 11, 1948
Chief Malloy was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on February 27, 1895. While a resident of Berlin, Chief Malloy served on the City Council, was a boxing promoter, and was active in the Boy Scouts and the Red Cross. Prior to being appointed Chief of Lancaster Police Department in 1946, he had been a member of the Berlin Police Department for eleven years.
On October 11, 1948, after returning from a court hearing in Groveton, the cruiser that Chief Malloy was riding in collided with the side of a Boston and Maine freight train at a crossing. Chief Malloy, along with Trooper Harold B. Johnson, died instantly. The driver of the cruiser, Trooper Frank Helms, suffered a concussion and other injuries but survived the crash.