Pearle E. Roberts

Connecticut State Police — Middletown, CT

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 25, 1922

Age 26

Tour of Duty 5 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 25

Incident

Trooper Pearle Roberts was killed in a motorcycle crash in Mount Carmel while returning to headquarters following duty at a college football game. The front wheel of his police motorcycle became caught in a streetcar track on Whitney Boulevard. He was thrown to the ground and sustained fatal injuries. Trooper Roberts was a United States Marine Corps WWI veteran and served with the Connecticut State Police for five months, assigned to the Danielson Barracks.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Roberts served with the Connecticut State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Connecticut, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Connecticut State Police

Type State Police

Location Middletown, CT

Platform Identity csp.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 25, 1922

Tour of Duty 5 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Pearle E. Roberts served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Pearle E. Roberts is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 43.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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.

Connecticut State Police

of 26 officers

57.7% Accident

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident