PRINTER'S NO. 2760
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2345
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY KINKEAD, RIGBY, HENNESSEY, STAMBAUGH, GUENST,
VITALI, FREEMAN, DELLOSO, MILLARD, INNAMORATO, KINSEY,
WARREN, COX AND DEASY, MARCH 8, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 8, 2022
AN ACT
Designating a portion of U.S. Route 19 between Ivory Avenue and
Cemetery Lane in Ross Township, Allegheny County, as the
Chief Vernon Moses Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chief Vernon Moses Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) During the 1930s, the John Maug Gang was terrorizing
Allegheny County with a series of burglaries, armed robberies
and shootings of area police officers.
(2) During the evening of May 3, 1932, Ross Township
Police Chief Vernon "Port" Moses was on patrol when he
observed the gang driving on a local roadway.
(3) A vehicle pursuit ensued and Chief Moses was able to
pull in front of and stop the gang's vehicle at the site of
the former Keating Trolley Car Barn located at the corner of
Perrysville and Westview Avenues.
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(4) After exiting his patrol car and engaging the gang
members, Chief Moses was shot twice in the right shoulder and
face and died at the scene as the gang fled.
(5) Chief Moses served with the Ross Township Police
Department for 12 years becoming the police department's
first police chief.
(6) Chief Moses is the only Ross Township police officer
ever to be killed in the line of duty during the department's
100-year history.
(7) As 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the Ross
Township Police Department, the community wishes to
memorialize the sacrifice and memory of Chief Vernon Moses.
(b) Designation.--The section of U.S. Route 19 between Ivory
Avenue and Cemetery Lane in Ross Township, Allegheny County is
designated the Chief Vernon Moses 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 on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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