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Corrections Officer

Britney Rachelle Meux

Lake County Sheriff's Department — Crown Point, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 6, 2012

Age 25

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 161 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 6

Incident

Corrections Officer Britney Meux was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of 93rd Avenue and Main Street in Crown Point at approximately 7:00 pm.

She and three other corrections officers were jogging along the outer perimeter of the Lake County Jail when a vehicle struck all four officers. Officer Meux was killed instantly. The other three officers were transported to hospitals.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the officers turned himself in the following day. He was subsequently charged with one count of failing to stop for an accident resulting in death and three counts of failing to stop for an accident resulting in injuries. He was was convicted of all 13 charges on December 11, 2013 and was remanded until sentencing on February 7, 2014. Suspect received 12 years to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections.

Officer Meux was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Lake County Sheriff's Department for three years.

Survivors

She is survived by her daughter, mother, father, and four sisters.

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Tributes

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.
Corrections Officer Meux gave the Lake County Sheriff's Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Crown Point community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

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

Agency

Department Lake County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Crown Point, Lake County, IN

Platform Identity lcso.lake.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 6, 2012

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 25

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

Britney Rachelle Meux served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Corrections Officer Britney Rachelle Meux is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In IN, 311 of 504 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.7% of this state's fallen. That is 61.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Lake County Sheriff's Department, 3 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Lake County Sheriff's Department

of 7 officers

42.9% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 504 officers

61.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious