Jan 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 1

AROUND THE COUNTRY
WALTHAM, MA.
Hundreds of officers from across the country gathered to pay tribute
to Officer Paul Tracey killed in a crash at a construction site.
WALTHAM, MA. — Services
were held Thursday, Dec. 14th.
for a Waltham police officer
who was killed while working a
construction detail in the Massachusetts
city.
Officer Paul Tracey, 58, was
fatally struck on the night of Dec.
6, while working a detail on Totten
Pond Road. A utility worker
was also killed in the incident.
Tracey, a 28-year veteran of
the Waltham Police Department,
was married to fellow Waltham
police Officer Kristin Tracey, who
is the school resource officer at
Waltham High School. The couple
had two children, Danika and
Tyler.
A procession carried Tracey
from the Brasco & Son Memorial
Funeral Home to Our Lady of
Comforter of the Afflicted Parish
at 920 Trapelo Road in Waltham.
Thousands of police formed
ranks outside the church ahead
of a visitation for law enforcement
at 2 p.m. followed by a
public visitation from 3 p.m. to 8
p.m.
A funeral Mass was scheduled
for 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady
Comforter.
Roderick Jackson, a 36-yearold
National Grid worker, was
also fatally struck in the crash
that killed Tracey.
Peter Simon, 54, of Woodsville,
New Hampshire, was arrested
Wednesday night on several
charges, including two counts
of manslaughter and one count
of armed robbery in connection
with the crash.
Waltham and State Police
continue to investigate the crash
OFFICER PAUL TRACEY
that claimed the lives of the two
men. Detectives want to speak
with anyone who drove by, or
might have video of the crash or
the moments leading up to the
incident.
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