Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Terry Engle was killed in a single-vehicle crash while responding to a 911 call at 6:45 pm.
He was traveling on northbound on Illinois Route 84 when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree at 180th Street North.
Chief Engle had served with the Hampton Police Department for more than two years after having served with the Black Hawk College Police Department for 35 years.
It was an honor to meet your wife today and sit with her through the 2021 Illinois Police Memorial Ceremony and escort her to receive your recognition. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Lt. Aaron Conard Sangamon County Sheriff's Office (Springfield, IL) May 6th, 2021
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37 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Engle gave the Hampton Police Department 37 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Hampton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Engle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Terrance Allen Engle 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Terrance Allen Engle's cause is highlighted.
How Terrance Allen Engle Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Terrance Allen Engle is highlighted in Apr.