Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Robert Reimann was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer after stopping a vehicle in on Highway 41, between Old Elm Road and Westleigh Road, in Lake Forest. He was assisting the Lake Forest Police Department as they investigated a burglary and stopped a car believed to be involved. As he and other officers questioned the man on the side of a roadway a tractor-trailer entered the area and collided with the patrol cars and pedestrians. Officer Reimann had served with the Highland Park Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, father, and sister.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Reimann gave the Highland Park Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Highland Park community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Reimann.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Officer Robert C. Reimann Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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