Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Daniel Figgins suffered a fatal heart attack during a foot pursuit of a teenage subject.
At approximately 1:20 am, Sergeant Figgins was dispatched to investigate suspicious activity at the St. Charles East High School. Shortly after being the first officer at the scene, he advised dispatch that he was in a foot pursuit. When backup officers arrived, they located Sergeant Figgins unresponsive on the ground. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Officers determined that entry had been made into the school's sports center, but no property was found missing. From the license plate of a car at the scene, five teenage suspects were located, taken into custody and charged with attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools.
Sergeant Figgins had served with the St. Charles Police Department for 27 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, father, sister and four brothers.
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Tributes
27 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Figgins gave the St. Charles Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Charles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Figgins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Daniel Paul Figgins 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. Daniel Paul Figgins's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel Paul Figgins Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Paul Figgins is highlighted in Apr.