Park Policeman Harry Sigurd Olsen, Lincoln Park District Police Department, Illinois

Park Policeman Harry Sigurd Olsen

Lincoln Park District Police Department, Illinois

End of Watch Saturday, February 8, 1930

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Harry Sigurd Olsen

Park Policeman Harry Olsen was fatally injured when he crashed head-on into an automobile in Lincoln Park.

Policeman Olsen, a member of the department's motorcycle division, was pursuing a speeder on Outer Lake Shore Drive between Belden and Webster Avenues.

He was a WWI veteran.

Bio

Age 32
Tour Not available
Badge 219
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Vehicle pursuit
Weapon Automobile
Offender Not available

motorcycle

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Officer Olsen,
On today, the 95th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Army in Europe fighting the Germans during World War I.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

February 8, 2025