[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JEREMY CHARRON

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to 
honor the memory of a bright, young police officer wrongfully killed 
while on duty. Officer Jeremy Charron, 24, of Concord, New Hampshire, 
was gunned down while checking on a report of a suspicious car during 
the early morning hours of August 24th.
  Officer Charron embodied all that is honorable about our state's law 
enforcement professionals. His selfless devotion to protecting the 
lives of innocent New Hampshire citizens enabled him to perform the 
heroic acts for which he will always be remembered. It is not often 
that we see such strength, valor, and courage in a person. Jeremy 
Charron was unique and his family can be proud of his bravery in this 
tragedy.
  Jeremy Charron was an All-American kid, a high school athlete, a 
natural leader, president of his senior class at Hillsborough-Deering 
High School, a U.S. Marine and a police officer.
  Fulfilling his life long dream, Charron became a police officer for 
the town of Epsom, New Hampshire, in November, after completing the 
full-time police academy training and becoming certified as a full-time 
officer July 11.
  Charron also served in the U.S. Marine Corps from July 1992 to June 
1996, when he received an honorable discharge.
  Born to Robert and Frances Charron, Jeremy leaves brothers Rob, 28, 
and Andrew, 27, and sisters, Amanda, 21, and Bethany, 12, and his 
finance, April LaRochelle.
  Mr. President, the family of Jeremy Charron has suffered a great 
loss. The people of New Hampshire again have lost another fine officer. 
It is a time for faith and a time for healing. My prayers and sympathy 
go out to the families and friends of Officer Charron.

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