Police Officer Robin G. Vogel, Decatur Police Department, Illinois

Police Officer Robin G. Vogel

Decatur Police Department, Illinois

End of Watch Monday, October 3, 2005

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Robin G. Vogel

Police Officer Robin Vogel succumbed to injuries suffered two days earlier in an automobile crash at the intersection of E Pershing Road and N Main Street.

Officer Vogel was on patrol when her squad car was broadsided by a drunk driver of a vehicle that ran a red light at a high rate of speed at 4:00 am.

The driver had a blood-alcohol content over twice the legal limit and was killed instantly. Officer Vogel was transported to a local hospital and then transferred to a trauma center where she died two days later.

Officer Vogel had served with the Decatur Police Department for seven years. She is survived by her son, parents, and two sisters.

Bio

Age 37
Tour 7 years
Badge 247

Incident Details

Cause Vehicular assault
Incident Date Saturday, October 1, 2005
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved
Offender Killed in crash

Impaired Driver, routine driving

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It’s been 20 years and I still miss you my friend. I’m retired now, as I’m sure you would be too. I still look back fondly on our academy time sitting next to each other, maintaining our good friendship, calling each other after a shift to tell what kind of calls and excitement we came across. I wish you hadn’t been taken from all of us, reading through the reflections left here yet again reminds me of how much you meant to so many people. I remember going to the hospital to see you and say goodbye and how painful that was, and unfair. It still is. I told you to keep watch over us all, I believe you did and I kept your spirit with me throughout my career and beyond.

Continue to rest easy my friend, you are still deeply missed.

Jason Simmons
McLean County Sheriff’s Office (Retired)

October 2, 2025