Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Ronald St. Germain was killed in a motorcycle accident after escorting a caravan carrying handicapped children to a circus at the fairgrounds. While returning on his three-wheeled motorcycle, it ran off the roadway crashing through a metal fence before causing Patrolman St. Germain to be thrown head first into a tree, causing a broken neck and internal bleeding which he died from. Patrolman St. Germain had served with the South Bend Police Department for three years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman St. Germain gave the South Bend Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the South Bend community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman St. Germain.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Ronald S. St. Germain Sr. 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 IN, 151 of 503 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 30 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At South Bend Police Department, 4 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald S. St. Germain Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Ronald S. St. Germain Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ronald S. St. Germain Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
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