Borough Honors Fallen Trooper One Year After His Death

It has been a little more than a year since Trooper Martin “Marty” Mack was killed in the line of duty in Philadelphia, but the Bristol Borough community hasn’t forgotten their hometown hero.

On Thursday evening, Bristol Borough police officers, members of council, and others gathered with Mack’s widow, Stephanie, and daughters Olivia and Rowan to mark the anniversary and unveil two lasting memorials.

At the police station at Bristol Borough Hall, a plaque to remember Mack was unveiled and will greet everyone who comes in the department’s main entrance.

A bench with Mack’s name that will be placed at Bristol Lions Park along the waterfront was also on display.

“It’s nice knowing that the bench is going to be down at the wharf where we got our wedding photos done 10 years ago,” said Stephanie Mack, a borough resident. “My husband will never be forgotten and I’m forever grateful.”

Stephanie Mack said she is touched by the outpouring of love and support for her family in the wake of her husband’s death.

Speaking to the police, borough officials, and residents, Stephanie Mack said she was “forever indebted” for the town’s response to her husband’s death. She said the entire town shutdown and graciously dealt with road closures following her husband’s death and during the funeral.

Pennsylvania State Police Captain Gerard McShea, who leads Troop K where Mack worked, said he appreciates the memorials for Mack that are being placed in Bristol Borough.

“I just couldn’t imagine how we would have survived this as an department or as an organization at that time without the help of the people here in Bristol,” he said.

Joe Moors, Bristol Borough’s police chief, said Mack’s passing has left an impact on the community and made his family part of the local law enforcement community forever.

Mayor Ralph DiGuiseppe III said the borough wanted to recognized Mack’s sacrifice with the instillation of the plaque and bench.

Mack, fellow Trooper Branden T. Sisca, 29, of Montgomery County, and a pedestrian they were helping died on I-95 in Philadelphia last March 21 when a woman who is accused of being intoxicated struck them. She is awaiting trial.

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