Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff George Carrigan was killed in an automobile crash at the intersection of Peters Road and Le Valley Road, two mile east of Columbiaville.
He was en route to Lake Orion to investigate reports of a prowler and to serve civil papers when his vehicle was struck by a gas truck. Sheriff Carrigan was killed instantly in the collision.
The driver of the truck was charged with negligent homicide and reckless driving. The negligent homicide charge was dropped when he plead guilty to reckless driving. He was fined $100.
Sheriff Carrigan had served as the elected sheriff for a total of 13 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, and two brothers.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Carrigan gave the Lapeer County Sheriff's Office 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lapeer community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Carrigan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff George Carrigan is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MI, 229 of 719 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.8% of this state's fallen. That is 31.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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