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Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, Florida

Florida Department of Corrections
Tallahassee, FL

Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCaptain Ike Steele
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, September 6, 1928
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer William Henry Hunt
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Tuesday, August 28, 1945
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer W. R. Brannon
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, August 20, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrections Employee Grant R. Dohner
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1953
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLOfficer John F. Gradon
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1953
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLAssistant Superintendent James G. Godwin
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, April 4, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLSergeant Howard D. Starling
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, July 2, 1964
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrections Employee Lester B. Sumner
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, April 26, 1965
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCaptain James W. Parr
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Paul Jordan
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1976
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Lauriston F. Hustus
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Richard J. Burke
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, October 12, 1980
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Donald L. Pawlizak
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 1983
Cause of Death: Accidental
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLSergeant John S. Dennard
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1983
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLParole Officer Michael P. Serano
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, January 6, 1984
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Fred Sidney Griffis
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, June 24, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Hoyt L. Ergle
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLLieutenant Charles Andrew Cooper
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, September 15, 1988
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLSergeant Kenneth M. Hendrick
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1993
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Lee Charles Dunn
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, January 24, 2000
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrectional Officer Darla Kay Lathrem
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Florida Department of Corrections, FLCorrections Officer Adam Sanderson
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, March 6, 2009
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 22

Accidental: 1
Assault: 4
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 4
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 5
Stabbed: 3
Vehicular assault: 1

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