End of Watch June 28, 1992
Age 48
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Leslie Besci was murdered when two former juvenile inmates from the youth correctional center where he worked, broke into his house, tied him up, and beat him to death with a baseball bat. Both were apprehended. On December 20, 1995, both suspects, both 21, were convicted of second degree murder. One was sentenced to life. The other was sentenced to 20 years. He was paroled on June 11, 2002. Officer Besci had been assigned to the Sandhills Youth Center in Hoke County. He was a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Correctional Officer Besci gave the North Carolina Department of Public Safety 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Raleigh, Wake County, NC
Platform Identity ncdpsdacjjdps.wake.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 28, 1992
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Blunt object

Military Service

Leslie John Besci served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Leslie 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 1992, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Leslie was 48. 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. Leslie had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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 blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

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His people

North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has 31 officers remembered here, Leslie among them.

Correctional Officer Leslie John Besci

North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice · End of Watch June 28, 1992

Military Service

Leslie John Besci served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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