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Police Officer

Daniel Allen Jarema

Lockport Police Dept. — Lockport, IL

Accident

End of Watch April 13, 1988

Age 31

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 26

The Vigil Panel 133 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Officer Daniel Jarema was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a call. Officer Jarema's patrol car went out of control and struck an oncoming truck head-on while answering a call involving a man threatening others with a shotgun that turned out to be a false call. Officer Jarema had served with the Lockport Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son and daughter.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Police Officer Jarema gave the Lockport Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Lockport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jarema.

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

Agency

Department Lockport Police Dept.

Location Lockport, IL

Platform Identity lpd.will.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 13, 1988

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 31

Badge Number 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Daniel Allen Jarema is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lockport Police Dept., 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Lockport Police Dept.

of 2 officers

100% Accident

IL — Statewide

354

of 1,318 officers

26.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Allen Jarema's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Daniel Allen Jarema Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Allen Jarema is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

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