Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Scot Beyerstedt succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when his patrol car crashed during a vehicle pursuit at approximately 9:00 p.m.
He and his training officer were pursuing a vehicle on 24th Street after trying to stop the driver for reckless driving on I-94. The patrol car left the roadway and struck a tree as it rounded an S-curve.
Both officers were transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital where Officer Beyerstedt died. Officer Beyerstedt was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. The vehicle they were pursuing fled the scene.
The driver was a convicted felon and was arrested on August 8, 2005. He was convicted in Van Buren County on December 14th, 2005, of one count of fleeing and eluding, resulting in death. On January 6th, 2006, he was sentenced to five to 25 years in prison. The subject only served 7 1/2 years. He was arrested in 2016 for fleeing from police again.
Officer Beyerstedt had served as a part-time officer for the Mattawan Police Department for only two weeks and had previously served with the Cassapolis Police Department for four months.
Survivors
He was survived by his father and two sisters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Beyerstedt served with the Mattawan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mattawan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Beyerstedt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Scot Andrew Beyerstedt 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Scot Andrew Beyerstedt's cause is highlighted.
How Scot Andrew Beyerstedt Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to 5 to 25 years
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Scot Andrew Beyerstedt is highlighted in Jul.