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On February 22, 1980, Lt.. Gerard R. Mattaliano was appointed Chief of Police. In the first year of his administration, Robert Delaney, Warren Brown, and Robert Galvin were promoted to sergeant and Sergeants John Crowley and Thomas Murphy to Lieutenant. Lt.. Murphy was appointed Head of the Uniformed Branch. K-9 Brutis was replaced with a younger German Shepard. He was donated by the widow of Patrolman Lenny Adleman of the Savannah Georgia Police Department killed just prior to activating his department's K-9 Unit. K-9 Ace was renamed to include his prior master's name, hence, K-9 Ace-Len.
A new computer CRT and Monitor system was installed in the communications room and provides nearly instant response to queries about stolen cars, wanted persons, etc.. Tragedy struck the department once more when Metropolitan Police Officer Robert Dana, husband of Milton Police Officer Charlotte Berkowitz-Dana, was killed in the line of duty on Blue Hills Parkway while trying to effect an arrest. Charlotte responded in the Milton Police ambulance unaware that it was her husband that had been shot. A "Lo-Jack" auto theft detector was donated by the company and installed in one cruiser. On February 29, 1988, Chief Gerard R. Mattalilano retired after 34 years of service of the Town of Milton. He rose from the ranks, having been a Detective, Sergeant and Lieutenant before being promoted to Chief. He inherited the department under Proposition 2-1/2 restrictions, civil rights suits and arbitration controversies. he succeeded in keeping the department progressive and was responsible for advancing many innovative changes within the department. This chapter was summarized from the book Pride In Blue A History of the Milton Police Department. |
Chief Mattaliano instituted a program of overlapping routes for the patrol force during 1983 and as a result, he reported, "there was a substantial drop in vandalism and burglaries in the Central Avenue - Milton Village business districts." |
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