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Master Sergeant

Stanley W. Talbot

Illinois State Police — Springfield, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch June 23, 2001

Age 50

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

The Vigil Panel 148 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 66

Incident

Master Sergeant Stanley Talbot died from injuries sustained from being drug by a driver who was fleeing a roadside safety checkpoint.

The incident occurred in Rock Island, Illinois, at 15th Street and 2nd Avenue. As the vehicle neared the checkpoint, Master Sergeant Talbot approached it and became entangled with the car when he stuck his arm inside the window as the driver fled the scene. Master Sergeant Talbot was dragged approximately half a mile before falling from the vehicle and was run over by another officer pursuing the suspect. An autopsy revealed Master Sergeant Talbot died from a head injury when his head hit the pavement after falling.

The 20-year-old driver of the vehicle was apprehended two weeks later and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. On August 28, 2002, the driver was convicted of reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with credit for 418 days in jail awaiting trial, but was paroled on January 30, 2006, after serving only 4 1/2 years.

Master Sergeant Talbot was a 26-year veteran of the Illinois State Police and planned to retire in six months. He was assigned to District 7, Rock Island.

Survivors

Master Sergeant Talbot is survived by his wife and daughter, who are both members of the Illinois State Police, and a son who serves with the Collinsville Police Department.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Master Sergeant Talbot gave the Illinois State Police 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Sergeant Talbot.

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

Agency

Department Illinois State Police

Type State Police

Location Springfield, IL

Platform Identity ilsp.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 2001

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Stanley W. Talbot served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1970â1972) before joining law enforcement.

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Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 63.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Illinois State Police, 17 of 67 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25.4% of this agency's fallen.

Illinois State Police

of 67 officers

25.4% Felonious

IL — Statewide

842

of 1,318 officers

63.9% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious