Homer attended Shippensburg State Teachers College, the New York Military Academy and Albright College. Homer also played professional football for 12 years. Using the moniker “Knuckles Boyle,” he played for the New York Giants (NFL) in 1934, the Reading Keys in 1935, and the Pittsburgh Americans (...

At 10:00 am on January 17, 1958, while on patrol Private Stanski pursued a speeding truck, avoiding a weigh station on Route 11 in Silver Spring Township. Private Stanski was on a side road, approaching a railroad crossing and saw a train coming. The truck passed the crossing and Private Stanski...

On the evening of January 19th, 1975, Corporal Paul Walters was dispatched to the 6600 block of the Carlisle Pike for a report of several teenage boys throwing snowballs at traffic. The weather was poor that night; heavy snow was falling and road conditions were far from ideal. Corporal Walters and...

Harry F Hartman Jr. was just 25 years old and had been a police officer for 3 years with the East Pennsboro Township Police Department. On December 17 1970, at about 9:16 pm, he was assisting the West Fairview Police with an earlier crash, where he was directing traffic on Route 11/15 at State...