Pennsylvania Act 2012-77 — KYLE D. PAGERLY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION

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AN ACT

Designating State Route 422, from its intersection with State Route 724 in the Borough of Sinking Spring, Berks County, to the west end of the Borough of Robesonia, Berks County, as the Kyle D. Pagerly Memorial Highway.

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

Section 1. Kyle D. Pagerly Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) On the evening of June 29, 2011, Kyle D. Pagerly, serving as a member of a United States Marshall's Fugitive Task Force, was shot and killed in the line of duty as the task force was attempting to serve a warrant on an individual in Albany Township, Berks County. The heroic actions of Deputy Pagerly and his K-9 partner, Jynx, saved the lives of the other task force members.

(2) At the time of his death, Deputy Pagerly worked for the Berks County Sheriff's Office and the Western Berks Regional Police Department.

(3) Deputy Pagerly is survived by his pregnant wife, Alecia, whom he married in 2007.

(4) Deputy Pagerly was a 2001 graduate of Wilson High School and went on to graduate from the United States Army's Military Police School later that year.

(5) Deputy Pagerly was a United States Army veteran, having served on active duty in Kosovo in 2002 and in Iraq from 2003 to 2004.

(6) Deputy Pagerly graduated from the Reading Police Academy in 2005. He was employed by the Berks County Sheriff's Office since 2006 and by the Western Berks Regional Police Department since 2007. He was a 2009 graduate of the Philadelphia Police K-9 Academy.

(7) Deputy Pagerly also served as a volunteer firefighter in Spring Township, Berks County, for 14 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant.

(b) Designation.--State Route 422, from its intersection with State Route 724 in the Borough of Sinking Spring, Berks County, to the west end of the Borough of Robesonia, Berks County, is designated as the Kyle D. Pagerly 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.