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The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. (pictured in 2013) pays tribute to officers lost in the line of duty. Three police officers from Illinois have died while on duty in 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
ILLINOIS The biggest effect the coronavirus pandemic had on National Police Week isn t that activities in Illinois and elsewhere have been postponed, but the number of police officers whose lives and careers were cut short by the virus.
While their names won t be read at the National Police Officers Memorial Service until its Oct. 16 rescheduled date, they will be honored virtually during National Police Week from May 9-16 this year.
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Otis Pruitt, 23, of Oak Lawn is charged with reckless homicide, felony DUI and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. (Shutterstock)
HOMETOWN, IL An Oak Lawn man has been charged with fatally striking a Hometown police officer who was directing traffic in the early morning hours of April 3 for an unrelated DUI crash, prosecutors said. Otis Pruitt, 27, was charged with reckless homicide. Bail was set at $1 million during a bond hearing Monday afternoon at the Bridgeview Courthouse.
Lt. James Kouski, 58, was a 34-year-veteran of the Hometown Police Department. Kouski was born and raised in Hometown, and lived at New Lenox at the time of his death. Kouski worked the night shift and was directing traffic away from a fallen light police around 3 a.m. Saturday for an unrelated DUI accident near 90th Street and Pulaski Road.
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A solemn procession down Southwest Highway is planned for Monday, April 5, for fallen Hometown police officer Lt. James Kouski, who was fatally struck by a car while investigating an accident. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
HOMETOWN, IL Fallen Hometown police officer Lt. James Kouski Jr. will be escorted for his final pass through the community where he was born and raised, and faithfully served for 34 years. The procession is expected to pass down Southwest Highway around 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Kouski, 58, was fatally struck by a car early Saturday morning while investigating a DUI crash at 90th Street and Pulaski Road. The officer was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he died from his injuries. Kouski was a resident of New Lenox.
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The American flag is lowered to half-mast in front of the Hometown Fire Department in honor of fallen Hometown police officer Lt. James Kouski Jr., who died in the line of duty on April 3. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)
A Hometown woman and her granddaughter wait for fallen Hometown police officer, Lt. James Kouski Jr. s, final pass down Southwest Highway. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)
Hometown residents wait for fallen police officer Lt. James Kouski Jr. s final pass down Southwest Highway. Kouski died in the line of duty on April 3. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch )
A boy holds up a sign paying tribute to Hometown police officer, Lt. James Kouski Jr., who died in the line of duty on April 3. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)