Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Deputy Stephen Hahn was killed in an automobile accident on I-94, in Jackson County, while transporting a prisoner.
A vehicle traveling the opposite direction went out of control, crossed the median, and struck his transport van head-on. A tractor trailer traveling behind Special Deputy Hahn was unable to avoid a collision and also struck the vehicle.
Special Deputy Hahn was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries one hour later.
Special Deputy Hahn had retired as a captain from the Eau Claire Police Department after serving 31 years. He served as a special deputy for the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office for 9 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
40 years. You could have gone home.
Special Deputy Hahn gave the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office 40 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Eau Claire community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Hahn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Stephen Joseph Hahn 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 WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen Joseph Hahn's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen Joseph Hahn Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen Joseph Hahn is highlighted in Feb.