FCI Gilmer – West Virginia
On July 19, 2023, Correctional Officer Chelsea Bennett’s husband suffered a stroke. The stroke left him with no motor function on the right side of his body and unable to speak. He will continue to undergo a significant amount of rehab. CPOF was able to be there to offer catastrophic financial assistance through our […]
Detention Corporal Gregory Horne Sr. – EOW: September 25, 2022
Edgecombe County| Sheriff’s Office | North Carolina On August 16, 2022, Detention Corporal Gregory Horne was participating in training. During the fence jump he landed awkwardly, but finished the remainder of the course. He advised the Training Sergeant he had injured his knee during the fence jump and was advised to sit out the remainder […]
ACA Winter Conference 2024
ACA held their 2024 Winter Conference in one of the most patriotic places one could be, our Nation’s Capital. Part of the event was held at the National Law Enforcement Officer Museum. A memorial was held to honor the over 900 Correctional Professionals who lost their lives in their chosen professional. CPOF would […]
Detention Officer Jeremiah Story – EOW: June 22, 2022
Perry County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas On June 22, 2022, Detention Officer Jeremiah Story was processing a subject into the Perry County Detention Center, who had been arrested for driving while intoxicated. He and a trustee took the subject into the restroom to supervise as he changed into jail-issued clothing. The subject became […]
Oklahoma State Prison – 1914
Before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, felons convicted in the Oklahoma Territory were sent to the Kansas State Penitentiary located in Lansing, Kansas. Upon statehood, Kate Barnard became the Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. She first visited the Kansas prison during the summer of 1908 after many Oklahoma inmates had began […]
Videos from PROJECT 2000 XXXIV
Please follow the links below to watch the livestream footage from PROJECT 2000 XXXIV in St. Louis, MO. Thursday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. (CDT) – Welcome Dinner Friday, June 16 at 10:00 a.m. (CDT)- Memorial Service Friday, June 16 at 12:00 p.m. (CDT) – Memorial Luncheon Saturday, June 17 […]
PROJECT 2000 XXXV
Since 1990, the CPOF has hosted PROJECT 2000, an annual four-day gathering for correctional officers and families. Each gathering recognizes those men and women in the corrections profession who lost their lives in the line of duty the preceding year. PROJECT 2000 started as a way to honor Correctional Staff killed in the line […]
Sergeant Joshua Caudell – EOW: February 28, 2022
On February 28, 2022, deputies with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence of a known felon, on state-supervised probation, to perform a welfare check, after reports of a woman who was being held against her will. When the deputies arrived at the residence, shots were fired from inside the home. After a […]
Correctional Officer III Helen Smith – EOW: February 3, 2022
While responding to a disturbance in a dorm, Correctional Officer III Helen Smith of Pasquotank Correctional Institution, encountered an inmate who was trying to exit the dorm while surrounded by several other inmates. Officer Smith radioed for the slider door to open, and pulled the inmate out of the dorm. He became combative and struggled […]
Massachusetts State Farm in Bridgewater
Correctional Officer Franklin Weston, Correctional Officer George Landry, and Correctional Officer Howard Murphy were stabbed to death at the Massachusetts State Farm in Bridgewater. The three officers were working in the Department of Defective Delinquents section of the farm at the time. Officer Weston had gone with two inmates to carpentry and shoe shop to […]
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