On May 5, Deputy Sheriff Dwight Maness of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department was honored and remembered in Springfield during the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Ceremony.
Deputy Maness died unexpectedly in September of 2015. He suffered a blood clot while recuperating from a gunshot wound. Maness was shot in the back and the leg in October of 2014 while responding to a domestic disturbance.
Every year on the first Thursday of May, the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Committee holds a ceremony to pay tribute to fallen officers and their families. A monument in Springfield bears the names of the officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice white serving their communities. Deputy Maness' name will forever be displayed on the statue which sits on the West Lawn of the State Capitol.