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This undated photo provided by The Illinois State Police shows State Trooper Ryan Albin. State police say Albin has died after being injured in a crash involving a semi-truck Wednesday, June 28, 2017, near Farmer City, Ill. (Illinois State Police via AP)

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In this Sept. 15, 2006, file photo, Illinois State Police Officer Sgt. Mike Vorreyer walks from his patrol car to issue a ticket for speeding to a driver on Interstate 72 near Jacksonville, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Thomas Merchie, a retired Illinois State Police crime scene analyst, testifies about the blood spatter analysis he conducted during the 2008 death investigation of Brock Branson, Kilynna Blake, Dayan Blake and Kenneth Ulve, during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)

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This undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police shows Michelle Smith, of Jerseyville, Ill. Federal prosecutors are seeking competency testing for Smith, a western Illinois high school special education teacher accused of threatening to blow up her school, citing the woman's history of threatening behavior. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson in East St. Louis, Ill., is weighing the U.S. government's request argued in court Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois State Police)

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Illinois State Police stand guard May 20, 2012, on Michigan Avenue in Chicago during a protest march at the weekend's NATO summit. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (Associated Press)