Frederick W. Baker
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Corrections Officer

Frederick W. Baker

Felonious
End of Watch July 30, 1997
Age 35
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Badge L-425
Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer Frederick Baker was killed when he was stabbed in the back by an inmate at the Bayside State Prison in Leesburg. Officer Baker was working alone in a cell block area when he asked an inmate to move his belongings to another cell block. The inmate attacked and stabbed Officer Baker after he made the request. The 38-year-old inmate, who had been serving a 10-to-20-year sentence for aggravated assault, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. He was transferred to the Arizona State Penitentiary, and as of 2021, he was there. After Officer Baker's murder, the governor immediately placed an order for knife-resistant vests for every New Jersey Department of Corrections officer. Officer Baker had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 10 years. He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, and two sisters. His son later became a New Jersey state trooper.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, and two sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Baker gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Baker.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 30, 1997
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 35
Badge Number L-425
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frederick is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1997, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frederick was 35. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Frederick had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New Jersey Department of Corrections has 32 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.

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Where

Corrections Officer Frederick W. Baker

New Jersey Department of Corrections · End of Watch July 30, 1997

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

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