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The Funeral for State Trooper James Monda will be held this morning at 10:00 AM, in his hometown of Schenectady, at the St. John the Evangelist Church.  Trooper Monda’s death was ruled as an accidental drowning during a marine detail on the Great Sacandaga Lake last week, Law Enforcement officials from around the state & Governor Kathy Hochul will attend.

State Police announced the line of duty death of Trooper James Monda. On Sunday, Trooper Monda was working a marine detail on the Great Sacandaga Lake, he went into the water and did not resurface, and he was located & was transported to an area Hospital where he later died. Trooper Monda entered the State Police in September 2002 and served for 18 years & is survived by his fiancée, mother and father.