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Patrolman

Louis A. Barney

Joliet Police Department — Joliet, IL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 8, 1954

Age 40

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Badge 134

The Vigil Panel 90 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Patrolman Louis Barney succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash five days earlier. Patrolman Barney was riding his motorcycle on a special traffic detail for the Pageant for Progress. His motorcycle collided with the left rear fender of a vehicle traveling westbound on Jefferson Street. Officer Barney was able to walk to a vehicle and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital by an unidentified motorist. Once in the hospital, he fell into unconsciousness due to a subdural hemorrhage. Emergency surgery was performed to remove a blood clot from the brain, and he remained in critical condition until he succumbed to his injuries. The driver was later ticketed for failing to signal a left turn. Patrolman Barney was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Joliet Police Department for 12 years. An avid sportsman, he carried the principles of the game into his police work. He often made friends with those he had arrested and loved children. His two daughters were his constant companions.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and two siblings.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Barney gave the Joliet Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Joliet community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Joliet Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Joliet, IL

Platform Identity jpd.will.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 8, 1954

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 40

Badge Number 134

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Louis A. Barney served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Louis A. Barney is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 26.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Joliet Police Department, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Joliet Police Department

of 8 officers

37.5% Accident

IL — Statewide

354

of 1,318 officers

26.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident