ThinBlueNews Memorial Wall • 25th Anniversary

Police Officer Eric D. Lee

Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Sunday, August 19, 2001

CHICAGO — ThinBlueNews remembers Police Officer Eric D. Lee on the 25th anniversary of his End of Watch, August 19, 2001. This is an anniversary remembrance, not a report of a new death.

The approved Officer Down Memorial Page record identifies Lee as a Chicago Police Department officer, records nine years of service and lists his age as 37. ODMP says his End of Watch followed a shooting while he and two other tactical officers went to aid a citizen in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

Nine years with the Chicago Police Department

ODMP records that Officer Lee volunteered for tactical duty and continued serving in Englewood. Its memorial says he was also a United States Marine Corps veteran. This remembrance keeps the account concise and omits graphic detail.

The approved memorial records Chicago Police star 16947 and places Officer Lee's name on panel 5-E, line 22 of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. ODMP publicly lists his wife, young daughter, parents and siblings among his survivors; ThinBlueNews includes only this limited public family context.

Remembered 25 years later

The 25th anniversary is one of ThinBlueNews' established milestone-remembrance dates. A quarter-century after his End of Watch, Officer Lee's service and his decision to move toward a citizen in danger remain part of Chicago's law-enforcement history.

Twenty-five years after his End of Watch, Police Officer Eric D. Lee is remembered for nine years of service and for the family, fellow officers and Chicago community who continue to carry his memory.

End of Watch

Police Officer Eric D. Lee
Chicago Police Department
Chicago, Illinois
Star 16947
End of Watch: Sunday, August 19, 2001
Age: 37

Sources and visual note

Visual note: ThinBlueNews created an original typography memorial because no portrait with documented publication-level reuse authority was established for this run. No synthetic likeness, representative incident image, badge, seal or invented uniform detail was used.

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