Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal George Craggs suffered a fatal heart attack while working an aircraft speed check on IL 136 in Mason County. Corporal Craggs had served with the Illinois State Police for 20 years and was assigned to District 9.
Survivors
Corporal Craggs was survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Craggs gave the Illinois State Police 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Illinois. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Craggs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal George D. Craggs 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 Illinois State Police, 1 of 67 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 1.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George D. Craggs's cause is highlighted.
How George D. Craggs Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. George D. Craggs is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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