Pennsylvania Act 2006-107 — PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CPL. JOSEPH R. POKORNY, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CPL. JOSEPH R. POKORNY, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY -
                               DESIGNATION
                 Act of Jul. 7, 2006, P.L. 1051, No. 107              Cl. 87
                                  AN ACT

     Designating a portion of State Route 279 in Allegheny County as
        the Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Joseph R. Pokorny, Jr.,
        Memorial Highway.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Joseph R. Pokorny,
                    Jr., Memorial Highway.
        (a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
     declares that:
            (1)  Joseph R. Pokorny, Jr., was born August 27, 1960, in
        Uniontown, Pennsylvania, graduated from Center Area High
        School in 1978 and enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police
        Academy on July 5, 1983.
            (2)  Following graduation from the academy, Trooper
        Pokorny was assigned to Troop B, Washington, and in 1990 was
        detached to the Greensburg Tactical Narcotic Team where he
        remained for ten years.
            (3)  On September 2, 2000, he was promoted to the rank of
        corporal, transferred to Troop T, Newville Station. Corporal
        Pokorny returned to Troop B in 2001, serving at the Belle
        Vernon Station and Washington Headquarters.
            (4)  Corporal Pokorny's final assignment was Troop B,
        Pittsburgh Station, in 2004, where he served as a patrol unit
        supervisor.
            (5)  Corporal Pokorny served this Commonwealth with
        bravery and distinction until his death on December 12, 2005,
        after being shot two times shortly after 2:00 A.M. when he
        stopped a car for speeding on SR 279 in Allegheny County.
        Corporal Pokorny died at the scene.
            (6)  At 45 years of age, Corporal Joseph R. Pokorny, Jr.,
        a 22-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police, was the
        91st member of the department to be killed in the line of
        duty.
        (b)  Designation.--The portion of State Route 279, segment
     number 5, offset 1875, in Carnegie Borough, Allegheny County,
     shall be designated the Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Joseph R.
     Pokorny, Jr., Memorial Highway.
        (c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
     maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
     traffic in both directions.
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.