Category: Line of Duty Death
Five Years Later: Honoring the Life and Service of Deputy Christopher Wilson Knight
April 6, 2026, marks five years since the loss of Deputy Sheriff Christopher Wilson Knight, who was killed in the line of duty while serving at the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. In the early morning hours of April 6, 2021, Deputy Knight was assisting with the movement of a prisoner who had made […]
45 Years Later: Honoring the Service and Sacrifice of Warden Wallace M. Pack and Officer Billy M. Moore
April 4, 2026, marks 45 years since the tragic loss of Warden Wallace M. Pack and Corrections Employee Billy M. Moore, who were killed in the line of duty at the Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas. On that day in 1981, both men were performing their duties within the Texas Department of Corrections when a […]
In Loving Memory of Charles L. Sickles
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation End of Watch: April 1, 1981 More than four decades later, we pause to remember a man whose quiet dedication and selfless courage embody the very spirit of the correctional profession, Charles L. Sickles. On March 30, 1981, at San Quentin State Prison, Foreman Sickles did what so many […]
110 Years Later: Honoring the Life and Sacrifice of Correctional Officer Andrew F. Turner
March 26, 2026, marks 110 years since the line-of-duty death of Correctional Officer Andrew F. Turner, a young officer whose sacrifice remains a solemn part of corrections history. On March 26, 1916, Officer Turner was assigned to the dining hall at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. What should have been a routine midday […]
Five years ago, we lost a dedicated officer, a husband, and a father.
March 25, 2026, marks five years since the corrections and law enforcement community lost one of its own—Corporal Kyle Jeffrey Davis of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma. On March 25, 2021, Corporal Davis was performing what should have been a routine duty—booking newly arrested individuals into the Washington County Correctional Facility. Earlier that […]
Five Years Later: Honoring the Lives and Service of Lorena Schulte and Robert McFarland
March 23, 2026, marks five years since a tragic and senseless act of violence claimed the lives of two dedicated public servants—Nurse Lorena Yanira Schulte and Correctional Officer Robert Levi McFarland—inside the walls of the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa. On that day in 2021, what began as a routine assignment in the prison infirmary […]
Honoring Correctional Officer Dustin Pedigo
CPOF Honor Guard Stands in Service for a Fallen Brother When the call comes that one of our own has fallen, the corrections family responds in the only way it knows how—together. Recently, members of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation Honor Guard traveled to Tennessee to stand in quiet support of the Tennessee Department of […]
Honoring 15 Years of Remembrance: District Administrator Debra Kay Collins
End of Watch: March 4, 2011 On March 4, 2026, we mark the 15th anniversary of the passing of Debra Kay Collins, District Administrator with the Missouri Department of Corrections, Board of Probation and Parole. Administrator Collins was killed in an automobile crash on U.S. 67 near Fredericktown, Missouri, while traveling to Poplar Bluff for […]
Honoring 55 Years of Remembrance: Correctional Officer Robert J. McCarthy
End of Watch: March 4, 1971 On March 4, 2026, we mark the 55th anniversary of the line-of-duty death of Robert J. McCarthy, a Correctional Officer with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, assigned to the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California. At 11:15 p.m. on March 4, 1971, during the nightly headcount in […]
End of Watch Anniversary: Honoring Lieutenant Eugene Lee Lasco
July 6, 1963 – February 21, 2021Indiana Department of CorrectionEnd of Watch: February 21, 2021 Five years ago, the corrections profession lost a hero. Today, the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation honors the life, service, and sacrifice of Lieutenant Eugene Lee Lasco, who gave his life while protecting one of his own. On February 21, 2021, […]
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