Police Week 2014; Honoring Chaney Champagne

Detective Chaney Champagne was my Brother and I miss you.

Detective Chaney Joseph Champagne

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department,  Louisiana End of Watch: Thursday, July 31, 2003

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 45

Tour: 22 years

Badge # 732

Cause: Automobile accident

Incident Date: 7/31/2003

Detective Chaney Champagne and  Sergeant Kurt Harrelson were killed when their patrol car collided with a truck  on State Highway 308.

At approximately 1530 hours, Detective Champagne  and Sergeant Harrelson were responding to a call reporting an elderly woman had  driven her car into a canal and the car was filling with water.

While enroute,  their car slid on the rain slicked road into an oncoming truck. Both officers  were killed as a result of the collision.

Detective Champagne had served  with the LaFourche Parish Sheriff’s Department for 22 years, and is survived by  his mother, two sisters, and four brothers.

Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/16928-detective-chaney-joseph-champagne#ixzz2SiXPbDgi

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