Florida Department of Corrections
Correctional Officer Kelly Jo Klimkowski
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Trainee Whitney Nicole Cloud
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, August 28, 2021
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer William Scott Fox
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Jack Sale Stewart
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, February 13, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, July 31, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Tawanna V. Marin
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, June 18, 2018
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, September 10, 2017
Cause: Automobile crash
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, May 1, 2016
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Ruben Howard Thomas, III
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Cause: Stabbed
Correctional Officer Colonel Gregory Guy Malloy
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Cause: Gunfire
Correctional Officer Adam Michael Sanderson
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, March 6, 2009
Cause: Vehicular assault
Correctional Officer Donna Fitzgerald
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Cause: Stabbed
Correctional Officer Darla Kay Lathrem
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Cause: Assault
Correctional Officer Lee Charles Dunn
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, January 24, 2000
Cause: Automobile crash
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1993
Cause: Heart attack
Lieutenant Charles Andrew Cooper
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, September 15, 1988
Cause: Heart attack
Correctional Officer Hoyt L. Ergle
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 1987
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Correctional Officer Fred Sidney Griffis
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, June 24, 1987
Cause: Gunfire
Parole Officer Michael Peter Serano
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Friday, January 6, 1984
Cause: Automobile crash
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, May 5, 1983
Cause: Stabbed
Correctional Officer Donald L. Pawlizak
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 1983
Cause: Accidental
Probation Supervisor Bjorn Thomas Svenson
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Tuesday, August 31, 1982
Cause: Gunfire
Correctional Officer Richard James Burke
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Sunday, October 12, 1980
Cause: Stabbed
Correctional Officer Lauriston F. Hustus, Jr.
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Wednesday, July 16, 1980
Cause: Heart attack
Correctional Officer Paul Jordan
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1976
Cause: Heart attack
Parole Officer William F. Gambill
Florida Probation and Parole Commission, FL
EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1973
Cause: Automobile crash
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966
Cause: Drowned
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, April 26, 1965
Cause: Stabbed
Sergeant Howard Daniel Starling
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1964
Cause: Heart attack
Assistant Superintendent James G. Godwin
Florida Department of Corrections, FL
EOW: Monday, April 4, 1955
Cause: Gunfire
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1953
Cause: Assault
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1953
Cause: Assault
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Friday, August 20, 1948
Cause: Gunfire
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Tuesday, August 28, 1945
Cause: Gunfire
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Friday, July 22, 1938
Cause: Gunfire
Florida State Road Department - State Convict Road Force, FL
EOW: Thursday, September 6, 1928
Cause: Stabbed
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38
- Accidental 1
- Assault 3
- Automobile crash 4
- COVID19 6
- Drowned 1
- Gunfire 7
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
- Heart attack 6
- Stabbed 6
- Struck by vehicle 1
- Vehicular assault 1
By Month
- January 5
- February 3
- March 4
- April 4
- May 2
- June 4
- July 5
- August 5
- September 4
- October 1
- December 1
By Gender
- Male 33
- Female 5
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 2
- Heatstroke 2