Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Arthur Weston suffered a fatal heart attack following a struggle with a suspect at approximately 10:00 am.
Chief Weston had responded to a burglary-in-progress call and located the suspect in an upstairs bedroom. After an intense struggle Chief Weston was able to place the suspect into custody. As he was transporting the man to jail he began to have chest pains and called for backup. He was taken to a local hospital where he died approximately one hour later.
The suspect was found unfit to stand trial and later escaped from a mental hospital.
Chief of Police Weston had served with the Rockton Police Department for six years and had been in law enforcement for 32 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son and four daughters.
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Tributes
32 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Weston gave the Rockton Police Department 32 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Rockton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Weston.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Arthur L. Weston is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In IL, 45 of 1,318 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur L. Weston's cause is highlighted.
How Arthur L. Weston Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur L. Weston is highlighted in Oct.