Dale E. Morey

Arizona Department of Corrections — Phoenix, AZ

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch June 22, 1973

Age 37

Tour of Duty 14 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Dale Morey and Correctional Officer Theodore Buckley were both beaten and stabbed during a prison uprising at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. Officer Morey had been attacked in a prison cell block and badly beaten. Officer Buckley had gone to his assistance when he was also attacked. Four inmates were charged with the officers' murders. One, 18, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two life sentences on March 4th, 1974. Charges against the other three were dismissed. Officer Morey had served with the Arizona Department of Corrections for only two months and had previously served in Ohio with the Crestline Police Department for ten years and four years with the Ontario Police Department.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, six children, and stepson.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Morey gave the Arizona Department of Corrections 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arizona. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Morey.

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

Agency

Department Arizona Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Phoenix, AZ

Platform Identity adcorr.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 22, 1973

Tour of Duty 14 yrs 2 mo

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon

Military Service

Dale E. Morey served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Correctional Officer Dale E. Morey 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 97,772 officers honored here.

In AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 61.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Arizona Department of Corrections, 5 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Arizona Department of Corrections

of 10 officers

50% Felonious

AZ — Statewide

204

of 330 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious