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Trooper First Class

Aaron Pelletier

Connecticut State Police — Middletown, CT

Felonious

End of Watch May 30, 2024

Age 34

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was struck and killed by a truck while conducting a traffic stop on I-84 East near Exit 31 in Southington.

At 2:45 p.m., Trooper Pelletier pulled over a vehicle on the right shoulder of the highway with his emergency equipment activated on his cruiser. While he was speaking with the driver of the car, a truck crossed the dividing line into the shoulder lane, sideswiped his cruiser, and struck him. The driver fled in the vehicle and was apprehended approximately five miles away in a wooded area.

Trooper Pelletier was killed instantly. His canine partner, Roso, was in the cruiser when it was struck, but he was not injured.

The subject was arrested and charged with evading responsibility for a crash causing death, illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, failure to drive in the proper lane, second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, failure to move over, and illegal operation of a motor vehicle without a driver's license. The suspect pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 18 years in prison in a plea agreement between the state and the suspect.

Trooper Pelletier had served with the Connecticut State Police for nine years and was assigned to Troop H in Hartford.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper First Class Pelletier gave the Connecticut State Police 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Connecticut. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper First Class Pelletier.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Connecticut State Police

Type State Police

Location Middletown, CT

Platform Identity csp.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 30, 2024

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Aaron is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 2024, 68 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 105th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Aaron was 34. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Aaron had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded