Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Eric Loiselle was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while conducting a traffic stop on I-87 on the northbound shoulder north of exit 30 at 1:00 am.
He was speaking with the driver of the vehicle he had stopped when the tractor-trailer veered onto the shoulder, struck his patrol car, and then the vehicle he had pulled over. DSergeant Loiselle attempted to jump to safety but was killed.
The tractor-trailer driver was arrested and charged with reckless driving, unsafe lane change, speeding, and several other traffic violations. On October 3rd, 2006, he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors of reckless driving, keeping a false logbook, driving on the shoulder of the road, failure to reduce speed for an emergency vehicle, and moving from a lane unsafely.
Sergeant Loiselle was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Essex County Sheriff's Department for four years.
Sergeant Loiselle was posthumously promoted to Sergeant.
He was speaking with the driver of the vehicle he had stopped when the tractor-trailer veered onto the shoulder, struck his patrol car, and then the vehicle he had pulled over. DSergeant Loiselle attempted to jump to safety but was killed.
Sergeant Loiselle was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Essex County Sheriff's Department for four years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, young son, mother, grandmother, and sister. He is survived by his wife, young son, mother, grandmother, and sister.
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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.
Sergeant Loiselle gave the Essex County Sheriff's Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Elizabethtown community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Military Service
Eric Peter Loiselle served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Eric Peter Loiselle 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Essex County Sheriff's Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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