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Constable

Earl Dixon

Mounds Police Department — Mounds, IL

Felonious

End of Watch August 11, 1935

Age 38

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Constable Earl Dixon was shot and killed after responding to a disturbance call involving a man with a gun.

He was approaching the 23-year-old man in an alley when the man suddenly pulled out a gun and shot him in the neck. The man was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was refused a parole on May 12, 1952.

Constable Dixon was survived by his wife and five children.

Survivors

Constable Dixon was survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Dixon served with the Mounds Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mounds community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Dixon.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Mounds Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Mounds, Pulaski County, IL

Platform Identity mpd.pulaski.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 11, 1935

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Constable Earl Dixon is one of 17,558 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Mounds Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Mounds Police Department

of 2 officers

100% Felonious

IL — Statewide

842

of 1,318 officers

63.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,558

of 32,585 officers

53.9% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Earl Dixon's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,558 (53.9%)

Accident

10,094 (31%)

Illness

3,037 (9.3%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

334 (1%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

How Earl Dixon Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Earl Dixon is highlighted in Aug.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Earl Dixon was killed by gun; unknown type.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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