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Female Officers Killed In The Line Of
Duty
Corrections Officer Susan Louise
Canfield was killed in the line of duty
on September 24, 2007. Officer Canfield
worked for the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice for seven years. Two
inmates were working with more than 70
other inmates outside and one of the
inmates pulled a male corrections
officer from the horse and took his
weapons. The two inmates stole a truck
and ran over Officer Canfield. Canfield
was on horseback and trying to apprehend
the two escapees. Both inmates were
captured and are in custody.
The following information was
provided by the National Law Enforcement
Memorial Fund.
Anna Hart
A County Jail Matron for Hamilton
County, Ohio, died on 07/24/1916 after
being ambushed. Jail Matron Hart was
walking through a section of the jail
she believed to be secure. An inmate
struck her in the head with an iron
bedpost in an attempt to secure her keys
and escape. Anna Hart is the first
known female law enforcement officer to
be killed in the line of duty.
Mary Davis
A Matron for the Wilmington, Delaware
Police Department for fourteen years,
was beaten to death by a female inmate
who escaped on 5/11/1924.
Lucille Helm
A Matron for the Madera County,
California, Sheriffs Department for one
year, died in an accident while
transporting a female mental patient on
7/03/1959.
Phyllis M. Myers
Matron Myers, Matron for Niagara
County (New York) for twenty-seven
years, was smothered to death by two
prisoners while escorting another
prisoner to the cell block on
06/15/1970.
Alice Mae Moran
Matron for Josephine County, Oregon,
was killed in an airplane crash on
11/17/1971 while transporting witnesses
for trial.
Marta Shanaman
Police Matron for the Detroit, Michigan
Police Department for fifteen years, was
killed on 12/12/1971 while handling a
prisoner. The Matron was shot by a
visitor assisting in an escape of a
prisoner.
Pauline Stewart
A Parole Officer in the West Virginia
Division of Parole for four years, was
stabbed to death while conducting a
check on a parolee at his home on
8/1/1977. The suspect was convicted of
first degree murder.
Donna Alice Payant
A Correctional Officer for the New
York State Department of Correctional
Services, was killed on 5/15/1981. CO
Payant received a call to report to the
hospital corridor. The next day her
body was found in a plastic bag at a
landfill. A doctor who assisted in
convicting suspect Lemuel Smith of
murder read about Officer Payant's death
and called prison officials to see if
Smith, who was serving two life
sentences, was a prisoner at the same
facility. Forensic evidence proved that
Smith had strangled and sexually
brutalized Officer Payant. Lemuel was
sentenced to a third life sentence.
Frieda King
A Corrections Employee for the Illinois
Department of Corrections, was stabbed
by an inmate and died on 02/08/1983.
Patricia Ross
A Corrections Employee for the Kentucky
State Penitentiary, was beaten to death
with an industrial size can opener by an
inmate in the dining room on 03/01/1984.
Patricia Ross, a Food Service
Instructor, had refused the advances
made by the inmate.
Minnie R. Houston
A Correctional Officer for the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for five
years, was supervising six inmates who
were cleaning fish in the dining hall.
Officer Houston was stabbed 15 times
with a fillet knife by an inmate who was
serving time for murder and died on
6/03/1985.
Maureen Callanan
A Correctional Officer for Nassau
County, New York, for six years, died in
an accident while transporting prisoners
on 12/12/1986.
Josephine Birdene McCallum
A Correctional Officer for the Michigan
Department of Corrections for six years,
was found raped, strangled, and beaten
in a stairwell on 3/24/1987. The
attacker was later found guilty and
sentenced to prison for first degree
murder.
Beverly Jo Taylor
A Correctional Officer for the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction for six years, Officer Taylor
was found decapitated in the bathroom of
the facility on 6/07/1990.
Judith Ann Henkel
Correctional Officer Henkel, of the
California Department of Corrections,
immediately started to run to the scene
when the alarms sounded that a prison
fight among the inmates had erupted. Oh
her way she had a heart attack and died
on 02/04/1995.
Ineasie Maxie Baker
A Youth Counselor for the California
Department of Youth Authority for eleven
years, was beaten and stabbed to death
08/09/1996 by an inmate who was
attempting to escape. The inmate then
threw her body in a trash bin. Baker's
body was found two days later in a
landfill twenty miles from the
facility.
Shirlene A. Jenkins
A Corrections Officer for the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction for three years, died of a
heart attack on 02/11/1997 shortly after
assisting four other Corrections
Officers in using physical force to
prevent an inmate from harming himself.
Mylene G. Zalar
A Correctional Officer for the
California Department of Corrections for
eight years, died on 09/11/1997 en route
with Officer Paul Beridon to pick up
inmates for transport.
Shannon Cuddington Smith
A Corrections Officer for the North
Carolina Department of Corrections for
four years, was struck and killed while
supervising a crew on U.S. Interstate 70
on 11/09/1999.
Teresia Wheeler
A Correctional Officer for the Alabama
Department of Corrections for two years,
died of a heart attack on 10/01/2001
while participating in a required
physical run at the Academy.
Darla Kay Lathrem
A Correctional Officer for the Florida
Department of Corrections, for one year,
Officers Lathrem was supervising a group
of inmates who beat her to death with a
sledge hammer in an escape attempt on
06/11/2003.
Please
visit the
following websites to
show your respect to the men and women
who have made the ultimate sacrifice to
uphold public safety.
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