In Memory

Dixon L Moultrie

(1949 – 1999)

Badge #3

Honor Guard for Dixon Moultrie’s Funeral Detail

Dixon Moultrie began working for the Hillsboro Police Department in 1979. Dixon found that his niche in the department was on midnights. He was able to tell if anything had been moved or disturbed throughout the night and if there was an open door or window he would find it. Dixon was diagnosed with cancer in the spring of 1999. He lived just a few weeks after he was diagnosed.

K-9 Carlo

Carlo was the City of Hillsboro’s first full service K-9. Carlo was responsible for numerous arrests involving narcotics in his years of service. On April 13^th 2007 Carlo became ill and was taken to the Doctor. The Doctor said that Carlo’s kidneys were shutdown due to his age. His Partner for 8 ½ years, Sergeant Kelly Brewer, decided to have Carlo put to sleep instead of having him suffer. Carlo was 15 years old.

Terry Emerick

Police Officer Terry Jay Emerick
Illinois Commerce Commission Police
Age: 29
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 25, 1994

Officer Terry Emerick was killed in an accident near the 57-mile marker, west of Vandalia, on Interstate 70 in Fayette County.

Officer Emerick had stopped a semitrailer on the shoulder of the roadway when his patrol car was struck by another semitrailer, causing fatal injuries.

Officer Emerick had served with the Illinois Commerce Commission Police for over two years. He had previously served with the Hillsboro Police Department for two years and as a deputy and probation officer in Fayette County. Officer Emerick was survived by his wife and 3-month-old son. In 2007, a portion of Illinois Route 185 between Hillsboro and Vandalia in Montgomery County was designated the Officer Terry J. Emerick Memorial Highway in his honor.