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Sergeant Joseph Bergeron
Maplewood Police Department, Minnesota
End of Watch:
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Age:
49
Badge Number: NA
Years on The Job: 26
Cause of Death:
Shot and killed |
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Maplewood Police Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, 49,
was fatally shot while responding to a reported carjacking. A jogger on a
nearby trail heard the shot that killed Bergeron, a married father of two
and a 26-year police veteran, and turned back around to see two suspects
fleeing police said.
The jogger used the officer's radio to call for help, and the carjacking
victim warned police that at least one of the suspects was armed. The attack
set off an hours-long search by more than 100 officers from over a dozen law
enforcement agencies. Officers brandished automatic rifles and police
helicopters circled overhead as they searched a wooded area and
neighborhoods east of Lake Phalen, near the shooting scene.
Nearly four hours after the shooting, a man darted out of the woods holding
a toolbox and an officer tried to question him. The two scuffled, and
authorities said the officer shot the man multiple times. Police identified
the man as Jason John Jones, 21, of St. Paul, and said he was one of the
shooting suspects.
The officer, David Longbehn, has a broken nose and septum and head injuries,
St. Paul police chief John Harrington said. He has been with the department
for more than 25 years.
About two hours later, police closed in on the second suspect, Joshua
Michael Martin, 21, of St. Paul, at a nearby apartment on Duluth Street, in
a neighborhood dotted with small storefronts and well-established older
homes.
Martin threatened and tried to commit suicide, but was taken into custody
with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said. He was booked into
jail on the probable cause charge of murder.
Bergeron was the 17th officer to die in the line of duty in the state since
2000, according to the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association.
Sergeant Bergeron had served with the Maplewood Police Department for 26
years. He is survived by his wife and twin daughters. |
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Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him to keep watch
over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out to the
Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police Special
Inc.
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