Officer Down
Christopher Gadd, 27, who received the Top Academic Award during his time in the trooper academy, is survived by his wife and daughter
Moody police Lt. Stephen Williams was shot in an ambush attack by two suspects, one of whom was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2023
The suspect fatally shot court employee Drexel Mack; as officers approached to help Mack, one was shot and wounded while Officer Cody Allen was fatally shot
This is the department’s third loss in the past seven months
Authorities haven’t disclosed a possible motive for the attack
Authorities said Tremaine Wilbourn shot and killed Officer Sean Bolton while the officer tried to detain him in August 2015
James “Jim” Waters leaves behind his wife and two children
Lt. Patrick Weatherford was shot while investigating a vehicle break-in on June 12
The statues will be auctioned off soon with 70 percent of the proceeds going to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation and 30 percent to PAWS Chicago
Too many cops are killed during vehicle pursuits and their deaths should be considered murder, not the outcome of an inherent risk in a dangerous profession
Detective Wenjian Liu’s widow used in-vitro fertilization with sperm that was preserved after his death
A memo accompanying the legislation said naming a bridge after Trooper Timothy Pratt was a “fitting tribute” for a public servant who made the “ultimate sacrifice”
Lt. D. Heath Meyer had laid stop sticks on the interstate when two troopers came up in hot pursuit