Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Illinois
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Illinois agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
90
21 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
7.0
2020 Census population
National Rank
#34
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
40%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Illinois.
2026 is year to date.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Illinois agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | John G. Bartholomew | Police Officer | Gunfire | Chicago Police Department |
| 2025 | Timothy Jones | Detective | Gunfire | Park Forest Police Department |
| 2025 | Krystal Rivera | Police Officer | Gunfire (Inadvertent) | Chicago Police Department |
| 2024 | Clay M. Carns | Trooper | Vehicular assault | Illinois State Police |
| 2024 | Allan Reddins | Detective | Gunfire | Oak Park Police Department |
| 2024 | Enrique Martinez | Police Officer | Gunfire | Chicago Police Department |
| 2024 | Corey S. Thompsen | Trooper | Motorcycle crash | Illinois State Police |
| 2024 | James Crowley | Patrolman | Vehicular assault | Chicago Police Department |
| 2024 | Rafael Wordlaw | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Cook County Sheriff's Office - Department of Corrections |
| 2024 | Luis M. Huesca | Police Officer | Gunfire | Chicago Police Department |
| 2024 | Andrew John Faught | Correctional Sergeant | Automobile crash | Illinois Department of Corrections |
| 2024 | Christina Musil | Deputy Sheriff | Vehicular assault | DeKalb County Sheriff's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Illinois agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.