WILLIAM ROLNIAK JR
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Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 39-W: 24
Department: Riverdale, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: February 4, 2004
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: 12
Description: Detective Rolniak was shot and killed execution-style after being taken hostage inside the Riverdale Police Department. The suspect was being transferred to a holding cell when he grabbed Detective Rolniak's service weapon out of the holster. The suspect forced Detective Rolniak out of the building, took him behind a building across the street, then shot him in the head with his own gun.
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