Category: Line of Duty Death
Correctional Officer Louis Steven Perrine – EOW: November 17, 1994
30 years ago, Correctional Officer Louis Perrine was killed in the line of duty. Correctional Officer Louis Perrine was killed when a tractor overturned on him as he supervised a work crew at the old Arnold Granary in North Powder, Oregon. Officer Perrine was assigned to the Powder River Correctional Institution in Oregon.. […]
Charles and Doris Farquhar – EOW: October 23, 1994
In 1994 Charles Farquhar was the oldest warden in Alabama and had been with the department for 38 years. His wife, Doris, worked for the corrections department since 1972 as a clerk. On October 23, 1994, 74-year-old Farquhar was murdered on the grounds, along with his wife Doris and two trustees. A 27-year-old inmate […]
Clerk Rhonda Osborne – EOW: October 21, 2004
Rhonda Lynn Osborne of Karnes City, Texas, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at the age of 33 years, 2 months, and 4 days. She was born on Aug 17, 1971, in Columbus, Ga., to Meredith Spikes Dworaczyk and Thomas L. Dworaczyk Jr. She worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in administrative […]
Correctional Officer George E. Miller – EOW: September 17, 1954
On September 17, 1954, three inmates of Nevada State Prison in Carson City attempted an escape from the prison. Two high-risk suspects took Correctional Officer George E. Miller hostage as he backed a milk truck up to the prison kitchen. They forced him to drive the truck out of the prison. Other guards opened fire […]
Funeral Services for CPL Robert Sumner
On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 members of CPOF’s National Honor Guard Team traveled to Okemah, Oklahoma for the funeral services of Corporal Robert Sumner. Photographed is Officer Brian James presenting Corporal Sumner’s young son Avery with a CPOF Challenge coin. Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts and prayers. […]
Correctional Officer Corey Proulx – EOW: June 25, 2024
Correctional Officer Corey Proulx, 49, of Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake Schools, the state’s youth prison in Irma in northern Wisconsin, has died from his injuries after he was assaulted by a teen incarcerated there. The teen has been charged as an adult with second-degree reckless homicide, felony murder and two felony counts of battery […]
Probation and Parole Agent Davis G. Martinez – EOW – May 31, 2024
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, more than 1,000 mourners, including scores of law enforcement officers and CPOF’s National Honor Guard Team gathered for an emotional farewell to Maryland Parole and Probation Agent Davis G. Martinez, who was killed May 31 in the line of duty. Martinez became the first parole and probation agent in Maryland […]
NC DPS Fallen Officers
Four law enforcement officers were fatally shot and four others were wounded while serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina. A suspected attacker was found dead in the front yard of a barricaded home after a standoff that lasted three hours, police said. Two other persons of interest were taken into questioning, authorities added. […]
Correctional Officer Thomas Rowe – EOW: April 10, 2020
On April 10th Correctional Officer Thomas Rowe, while on duty at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, was at the gun range participating in a Bi-Annual qualification. Officer Rowe had stepped up, taken his qualifying shot, and suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed. Officer Rowe was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. After serving […]
Parole Officer Robert White – EOW April 27, 1979
45 years ago, Robert White was a devoted husband, a father, and a protector of his community. After serving the United States for 3 years, Robert was honorably discharged. He began his law enforcement career with the Cleveland Police Department. Robert served for 25 distinguished years prior to retiring as a Lieutenant. In […]
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