Pennsylvania Act 2014-68 — OFFICER FRANK MILLER, JR., MEMORIAL RAMP - DESIGNATION

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Designating the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge off-ramp, State Ramp 8086, leading to State Route 148 in the City of McKeesport, Allegheny County, as the Officer Frank Miller, Jr., Memorial Ramp.

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

Section 1. Officer Frank Miller, Jr., Memorial Ramp.

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

(1) Frank Miller, Jr., was born on March 19, 1968.

(2) Officer Miller, of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, was shot multiple times and died in the line of duty on November 10, 1993.

(3) Officer Miller, who was 25 years of age, was killed during an altercation while walking his downtown beat patrol in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

(4) Officer Miller graduated from Franklin Regional High School in 1986 and Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in criminology in 1991.

(5) Officer Miller completed the Allegheny Police Academy.

(6) Officer Miller is survived by his father, Frank Miller, Sr., his mother, Gwen, and his two sisters, Jennifer and Dawn.

(7) Officer Miller was also godfather to his sister Dawn's daughter, Valerie.

(8) Officer Miller's parents donated money for the first bulletproof vest purchased under the Adopt-A-Cop Program.

(9) The Adopt-A-Cop Program began in 1994 by the Allegheny County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Committee to provide officers in small communities with bulletproof vests.

(10) Officer Miller's parents have continued to use contributions and their own money to fund scholarships to students studying law enforcement and to aid their church and several police departments in the name of their son.

(b) Designation.--The McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge off-ramp, State Ramp 8086, leading to State Route 148 in the City of McKeesport, Allegheny County, is hereby designated the Officer Frank Miller, Jr., Memorial Ramp.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the ramp to traffic on the ramp.

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.