Carl Daniel Dubson
Police Officer

Carl Daniel Dubson

Lockport Police Dept. — Lockport, IL
Accident
End of Watch September 30, 1929
Age 27
Tour of Duty
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Carl Dubson was killed in a motorcycle accident on Illinois Route 4A while on traffic duty.

Officer Dobson had served with the Lockport Police Department for only three weeks.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son and daughter.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-IL-85733D3B
Stewardship
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April 2, 2026
Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Dubson served with the Lockport Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Lockport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Dubson.

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

Agency

Location Lockport, IL
Platform Identity lpd.will.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 1929
Tour of Duty
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Carl Daniel Dubson 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.
2
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. Carl Daniel Dubson'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 Carl Daniel Dubson Compares

Age at End of Watch
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Carl Daniel Dubson is highlighted in Sep.

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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