Arvid Erickson

Michigan Department of Natural Resources — Lansing, MI

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch September 29, 1926

Age 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 14

Incident

Conservation Officer Arvid Erickson and Conservation Officer Emil Skoglund were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for spotlighting deer seven miles north of Gwinn, Michigan. They stopped behind the man's car on the road between Gwinn and Sands. After shooting both officers, the suspect placed their bodies in the officers' vehicle and submerged them in a lake. After being arrested the suspect led authorities to the location where the bodies and vehicle were recovered. The man was convicted of murdering both officers and was sentenced to life in prison. He died in prison 22 years later. Officer Erickson was a WWI veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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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.
Conservation Officer Erickson served with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Lansing community, 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 Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Location Lansing, MI

Platform Identity mdnrcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 29, 1926

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .22 caliber

Offender Sentenced to life

Military Service

Arvid Erickson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Conservation Officer Arvid Erickson is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 5 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

of 15 officers

33.3% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious