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Officer

Robert C. Reimann, Jr.

Highland Park Police Department — Highland Park, IL

Accident

End of Watch January 6, 1984

Age 32

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Badge 21

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

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.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

Agency

Department Highland Park Police Department

Location Highland Park, IL

Platform Identity hppd.lake.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 6, 1984

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Robert C. Reimann, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Highland Park Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

IL — Statewide

354

of 1,318 officers

26.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert C. Reimann, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Robert C. Reimann, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service