Tell City unveils memorial monument honoring Sergeant Heather Glenn

Tell City unveiled a memorial monument and road sign for Sgt. Heather Glenn on July 8, giving Perry County two permanent markers for an officer whose death still shapes the community’s public safety memory. The ceremony at City Hall Park was set for 10 a.m., and city officials described the tribute as a lasting fixture rather than a temporary gesture.

The monument, created by Hunt & Sons Memorials, stands in the southwest corner of City Hall Park with Glenn’s picture facing the Tell City Police Department. A portion of State Road 237 was also to be renamed in her honor, adding another public reminder of the officer’s place in Tell City history.

Glenn was 47 when she died on the morning of Monday, July 3, 2023, after officers responded to a domestic dispute and a woman at Perry County Memorial Hospital reported that the suspect was on the way. She was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a domestic violence suspect at the hospital, according to the city’s memorial page. The Indiana Law Enforcement Memorial lists her as having served 20 years and carrying badge number 338.

Glenn’s life in Perry County began with local roots that ran deep. She was born June 9, 1976, in Owensboro, Kentucky, graduated from Tell City High School in 1994, earned a Criminal Justice degree from Vincennes University and later graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Those details remain part of the city’s memorial page for the sergeant, who became one of the most closely remembered names in local law enforcement.

Tell City Police Chief Derrick Lawalin said the new tribute fills a long-standing need. “It’s the permanent piece we have been longing for,” Lawalin said. He added, “We think about Heather often and we always see signs of her in different places.” With the monument now standing in City Hall Park and the road sign on the way, Tell City has fixed her name in the center of the community where she served, died and is now publicly remembered.