Linden "Beau" Raimer

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office — Covington, LA

Accident

End of Watch June 13, 2007

Age 35

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Sergeant Beau Raimer and his fiancée, Deputy Sheriff Mary Mayo, were killed when a rotted pine tree fell onto the patrol car they were in.

They were driving in the funeral procession for Deputy Sheriff Hilery Mayo, who had been killed in the line of duty four days earlier, when the accident happened.

The procession was traveling along West 21st Avenue through Covington when a violent thunderstorm with devastating rain and winds developed. A large pine tree fell onto the patrol car as it passed South Johnson Street. The tree crushed the top of the patrol car and killed Sergeant Raimer instantly. Deputy Mayo suffered a severed spinal cord that caused her to become paralyzed from the chest down. She underwent years of rehabilitation and was able to return to the sheriff's office as a dispatcher for a short time, however, complications from her injuries caused her to become bedridden. She succumbed to her injuries 16 years later on September 21st, 2023.

Sergeant Raimer had served with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents, sister, and two nephews.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Raimer gave the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Covington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Raimer.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Location Covington, LA

Platform Identity stpso.sttammany.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 13, 2007

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Linden "Beau" Raimer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, 3 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

50% Accident

LA — Statewide

180

of 595 officers

30.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident