GEORGE AUGUST TESSIER III

GEORGE AUGUST TESSIER III Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 41-W: 24
Department: New Orleans, Louisiana, P.D.
End of Watch: July 14, 2004
Cause: STRU
Age: 37
Years of Service: 10
Description: Officer Tessier was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while standing on the side of I-10. Officer Tessier and his partner were preparing to escort an 18-wheeler loaded with military explosives to the Belle Chasse Naval Air Station when the tractor-trailer veered off of the interstate and struck both of them. Officer Tessier and his partner were transported to a local hospital where Officer Tessier died of his injuries. His partner survived.
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