Hector A. Silva

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Illness

End of Watch October 2, 2001

Age 36

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 570

Incident

Sergeant Hector Silva died after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while participating in a special operations physical agilities test at the Homan Square facility located at 3340 West Fillmore Street.

He had completed an exercise that involved running up two flights of stairs while carrying a 55-pound sandbag. He began to show symptoms of dizziness and a headache. He was taken to a local hospital where died three days later during surgery to remove the blood clot in his brain.

Sergeant Silva was an 11-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Silva gave the Chicago Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Silva.

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

Agency

Department Chicago Police Department

Location Chicago, IL

Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 2, 2001

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Duty related illness

Sergeant Hector A. Silva is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IL, 66 of 1,318 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Chicago Police Department, 46 of 571 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.1% of this agency's fallen.

Chicago Police Department

of 571 officers

8.1% Illness

IL — Statewide

of 1,318 officers

5% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness