Incident
Chief of Police Lloyd Jones suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a domestic violence call involving a hit-and-run.
When Chief Jones arrived at the scene, he began to make contact with the victim but collapsed. He was transported to St. Clement Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Chief Jones had served with the Red Bud Police Department for six years and had served in law enforcement for 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his four daughters, two sons, and sister.
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Jones gave the Red Bud Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Red Bud community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Jones.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Lloyd Michael Jones 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. Lloyd Michael Jones's cause is highlighted.
How Lloyd Michael Jones Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Lloyd Michael Jones is highlighted in Oct.