by 100Clubillinois | Jun 16, 1974 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Robert Strugala was killed and his partner was seriously wounded in a gun battle at 3157 W. 26th Street. Officer Strugala was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was assigned to the Marquette District. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter. His partner...
by 100Clubillinois | Apr 8, 1974 | Fallen Heroes
Officers Thomas A. Wodarczyk and William S. Bodnar, Jr. , assigned to squad car 107 in the Central District, died when their car rammed a produce truck at Van Buren and Morgan Streets while they were chasing a stolen vehicle. Officer Wodarczyk is survived by his wife...
by 100Clubillinois | Apr 8, 1974 | Fallen Heroes
Officers William S. Bodnar, Jr. and Thomas A. Wodarczyk, assigned to squad car 107 in the Central District died when their car rammed a produce truck at Van Buren and Morgan Streets while they were chasing a stolen vehicle. Officer Bodnar was survived by his wife and...
by 100Clubillinois | Apr 6, 1974 | Fallen Heroes
Joseph Jankovsky was struck and killed by a car while making a traffic stop on LaGrange Road. He served with the department for nine months. He is survived by his wife and two children.
by 100Clubillinois | Feb 27, 1974 | Fallen Heroes
Patrolman Bruce N. Garrison and his partner, Patrolman William C. Marsek were killed during an arrest of a wanted fugitive. The two officers, assigned to Area Six Special Operations, observed the man enter a tavern. When the officers entered the tavern they could not...
