Thursday May 4, 2023
Squad Car Procession line up at the Fairgrounds starting at 6:30 am.

Interfaith Church Service
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
9:30 am

Memorial Ceremony at the State Capitol
11:00 am

May 4th, 2023 Illinois Peace Officer Memorial

CURRENT HONOREES' NAMES

Officer Nicholas Kozak
Forest Park Police Department
E.O.W. 11-27-2021

Officer James R. Svec
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 12-08-2021

CBP Canine Officer Jeffrey P. Dela Cruz
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
E.O.W. 12-23-2021

Officer Jose M. Huerta
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 12-23-2021

Detective Joseph A. Tripoli
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 01-03-2022

Deputy Sheriff Michael John Queeney
Will County Sheriff’s Office
E.O.W. 01-08-2022

Officer Brian Romel Shields
Aurora Police Department
E.O.W. 01-11-2022

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Robert Tinoco
Cook County Sheriff’s Department
E.O.W. 01-13-2022

Sergeant Kenneth John Thurman Sr
Aurora Police Department
E.O.W. 01-19-2022

Deputy Sheriff Brian J. Norton
Ford County Sheriff’s Office
E.O.W. 02-05-2022

Officer Brian Lee Sember
Ottawa Police Department
E.O.W. 04-03-2022

Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Donald Weist
Knox County Sheriff’s Office
E.O.W. 04-29-2022

HISTORIC HONOREES' NAMES

Sergeant Claude E. Bowman
Cook County Highway Patrol
E.O.W. 07-23-1923

Sergeant Francis J. McGraw
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 05-06-1942

Officer Charles Hibsch
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 11-09-1947

Officer Dennis F. Collins
Chicago Police Department
E.O.W. 07-03-1953

Deputy John Venton Donaldson Sr.
Ogle County Sheriff’s Office
E.O.W. 09-21-1956