Thomas Raymond Gesiorski

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Cardiac

End of Watch December 26, 1977

Age 52

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

The Vigil Panel 119 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 570

Incident

Police Officer Thomas Gesiorski suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a shots fired call.

Upon arriving at the scene, he and his partner carried the shooting victim down three flights of stairs and then transported him to St. Bernard Hospital in their patrol wagon. Officer Gesiorski collapsed inside the hospital's emergency room.

Officer Gesiorski had served with the Chicago Police Department for 21 years. He was a widower and was survived by two sons. One of his sons also served as a Chicago police officer.

Survivors

He was a widower and was survived by two sons.

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Gesiorski gave the Chicago Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gesiorski.

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

Agency

Department Chicago Police Department

Location Chicago, IL

Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1977

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Police Officer Thomas Raymond Gesiorski 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%.

At Chicago Police Department, 17 of 571 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3% of this agency's fallen.

Chicago Police Department

of 571 officers

3% Cardiac

IL — Statewide

of 1,318 officers

3.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac