Officer Rank: Sergeant
Department: Baton Rouge (LA) Police Department
End of Watch: 03/26/2023
Cause: Aircraft Crash
Age: 47
Length of Service: 29
Sergeant Poirrier and Corporal Scotty Canezaro were assisting with a high speed vehicle pursuit while in a helicopter and Sergeant Poirrier was the tactical flight officer. After the pursuit ended, the helicopter crashed while enroute to the Baton Rouge Airport.