Alane M. Stoffregen
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Sergeant

Alane M. Stoffregen

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Accident
End of Watch June 2, 2000
Age 50
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Sergeant Alane Stoffregen drowned while participating in a Marine Unit deep-water training dive one mile off shore in Lake Michigan.

She and another police diver were in approximately 30 feet of water when she started signs of distress. She was transported to shore and then to a local hospital where she passed away.

Sergeant Stoffregen had served Chicago Police Department for 22 years and was a certified master diver.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Stoffregen gave the Chicago Police Department 22 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 Stoffregen.

— 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 June 2, 2000
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 50
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2000, 85 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 19th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alane was 50. 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. Alane had served 22 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

By month
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
Weapons recorded
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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Alane M. Stoffregen

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch June 2, 2000

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-W

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