Arvid Erickson.
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.
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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
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