Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Bruce St. Laurent was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck on the I-95 southbound on-ramp from 45th Street in West Palm Beach at about 4:40 pm.
Officer St. Laurent was assigned to the motorcade escorting President Barack Obama from a campaign event in Palm Beach County. He was struck as he was preparing to close access to the highway from the on-ramp as the presidential motorcade neared. The impact pushed him and the motorcycle into a guardrail.
He was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
Officer St. Laurent had served with the Jupiter Police Department for 20 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- August 2, 2026
- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer St. Laurent gave the Jupiter Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Jupiter community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer St. Laurent.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Bruce Edwin St. Laurent is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Jupiter Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bruce Edwin St. Laurent's cause is highlighted.
How Bruce Edwin St. Laurent Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Bruce Edwin St. Laurent is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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