Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Leland Pye suffered a fatal heart attack following a struggle with a prisoner. Officer Pye had just arrested the man for battery and had transported him to the police station when the man began to fight. During the struggle, Officer Pye collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where he died the following day. Officer Pye had served with the Hoffman Estates Police Department for 21 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Patrol Officer Pye gave the Hoffman Estates Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Hoffman Estates community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Pye.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrol Officer Leland Pye 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. Leland Pye's cause is highlighted.
How Leland Pye Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Leland Pye is highlighted in Apr.