Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Cesar Velazquez suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after pushing a disabled vehicle off of the roadway while working the midnight shift.
He had completed his midnight shift by assisting in an incident involving a vehicle on the roadway in immediate danger and he pushed the car off the road. After his shift ended, he made a court appearance and then suffered a fatal heart attack on his way home.
Corporal Velazquez served with the Hainesville Police Department after his retirement from the Skokie Police Department where he had served for 20 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Velazquez gave the Hainesville Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Hainesville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Velazquez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Cesar Velazquez 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. Cesar Velazquez's cause is highlighted.
How Cesar Velazquez Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Cesar Velazquez is highlighted in May.