Alan J. Haymaker
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Sergeant

Alan J. Haymaker

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Accident
End of Watch February 22, 2010
Age 56
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
The Vigil Panel 158 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Alan Haymaker was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a burglary-in-progress call shortly before 5:15 am. His patrol car hit a patch of ice on the roadway, jumped the curb and struck a light pole, then a tree, while traveling southbound on Lake Shore Drive near Irving Park Road.

He was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

Sergeant Haymaker was a third-generation officer with the Chicago Police Department and had served for 21 years and was assigned to the Town Hall District.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three daughters, parents, three brothers, and two sisters.

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Haymaker gave the Chicago Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Haymaker.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 22, 2010
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 56
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Alan is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2010, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alan was 56. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Alan had served 21 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Alan among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Alan J. Haymaker

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch February 22, 2010

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-E

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