Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Brian Mohl died of blunt force trauma after his patrol car was swept off Jacks Bridge Road into the Weekeepeemee River, in Woodbury, at about 3:30 am.
He was checking water levels in the area during a period of severe rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida when his patrol car was carried off the roadway. He was able to radio a distress call to dispatchers and a massive search was immediately undertaken.
Sergeant Mohl was recovered from the river several hours later and was pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Sergeant Mohl had served with the Connecticut State Police for 26 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, and five siblings.
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27 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Mohl gave the Connecticut State Police 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Connecticut. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Mohl.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Brian Erik Mohl is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,585 officers honored here.
In CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Connecticut State Police, 15 of 26 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brian Erik Mohl's cause is highlighted.
How Brian Erik Mohl Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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