Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Eric Meier suffered a fatal heart attack while hiking in a remote, rugged area while searching for a marijuana grow operation.
The grow had been reported in a section of farmland and woods off of Lybolt Road, near Gordon Road. The officer he was with requested medical assistance when Sergeant Meier began to fall ill. He was brought out of the remote area and transported to Orange Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Sergeant Meier had served in law enforcement for 25 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Meier gave the Crawford Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Pine Bush community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Meier.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Eric O. Meier is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 99 of 2,147 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Eric O. Meier's cause is highlighted.
How Eric O. Meier Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Eric O. Meier is highlighted in Sep.