Category: Honor Guard

Safe Travels to our National Honor Guard Team

We wish the Correctional Peace Officers National Honor Guard Team safe travels as they attend the services of Fallen Correctional Officer Jovian Motley.   The 27-year-old officer lost his life in the line of duty on November 13, 2023, while serving at the Wainwright Unit in Houston County, Texas. Motley joined the agency in October […]

Shauntia Brown – Shelby County Sheriff’s Office

Shauntia Brown attended her first PROJECT 2000 in 2018 with her Honor Guard Team out of Shelby County, Tennessee.  Since then, she has become a vital member of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation’s National Honor Guard Team.   At PROJECT 2000 in Reno, Nevada, in June of 2022, we sat down with Sergeant Brown to […]

Thank you Georgia Honor Guard!

One of the greatest parts of The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation is the motto, “Taking Care of Our Own.”  It’s something the foundation firmly believes in and practices in everything we do.  What’s always inspiring is seeing our members, the Honor Guard Teams that support us and those in their field showing us what it […]

National Honor Guard Sergeant Michael Hire

The Correctional Peace Offiers foundation would like to congratulate Michael Hire on his promotion within the National Honor Guard Team as Sergeant.   Sgt. Michael Hire joined the National Honor Guard Team three years ago. He is from The Chillicothe Correctional Institution, the ONLY institution in Ohio that is a lifetime facility member of CPOF. […]

Welcome New Honor Guard Team Members

The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation is very proud and honored to welcome Lora Hodges, Delois Richardson and David Edelman to the National Honor Guard Team.   While there was a lot of interest and more than qualified applicants to join the National Honor Guard, these three tested the highest across the board to earn their […]

North Carolina

North Carolina is often represented by our CPOF Field Representatives Laura Matthews and Scott Bauer, in addition to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Honor Guard Team.   Laura Matthews retired as a Chief Probation Parole Officer from the North Carolina Department of Correction in 2013. Shortly after, she became the Field Representative for […]

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Honor Guard Team

The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation has been incredibly fortunate to have Honor Guard Teams from across the nation and Canada join us at PROJECT 2000. In addition to seeing these teams at PROJECT 2000, we often see them through the year at other ceremonies and events.   We would like to share why Pennsylvania’s Honor […]

Correctional Officer I Robert Clark

  Correctional Officer I Robert Clark died after being assaulted by an inmate with a homemade weapon at the Smith State Prison in Georgia. He was escorting two prisoners from the dining hall when he was attacked him from behind with a homemade weapon. One of the prisoners attempted to stop the attack but was […]

Community Parole Officer Christine Guerin-Sandoval

  Community Parole Officer Christine Guerin-Sandoval and two other parole officers were attempting to locate and arrest a parolee when he was located at a convience store, parked in his car. As the officers approached him, he intentionally put his car into reverse and drove into the officers. Medical aid was rendered but Officer Guerin-Sandoval […]

1,631 miles

Within 3 days, this Nation lost two active-duty correctional staff members in different parts of the country. Community Parole Officer  Christine Guerin-Sandoval in  Colorado and Officer  Robert Clark of Georgia. They were seperated by 1,631 miles.   As people, our first instinct when talking to a family going through the heartbreak of such a malicious […]