Roll of Honor
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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- July 23, 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Pearle E. Roberts served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper Pearle E. Roberts 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 CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Pearle E. Roberts's cause is highlighted.
How Pearle E. Roberts Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Pearle E. Roberts is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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