Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Albert Hasson was struck by a car while patrolling about three miles north of Chenoa. He pulled off the road to stop an oncoming car. Just as he stepped onto the roadway, a car struck him from behind, and he was thrown 10 feet. Fellow officers took him to the hospital in Pontiac, where he succumbed to his injuries several hours later. Trooper Hasson was a World War I veteran and served with the Illinois State Police for four months, assigned to District 6, Pontiac. He was survived by his wife. In 2004, a training room in the District 6 Headquarters was named in honor of Trooper Hasson. Trooper Albert Hasson was the first Illinois State Police officer to be killed in the line of duty.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Trooper Hasson served with the Illinois State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Albert J. Hasson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper Albert J. Hasson 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%.
At Illinois State Police, 49 of 67 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 73.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert J. Hasson's cause is highlighted.
How Albert J. Hasson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Albert J. Hasson is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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