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Corrections Officer I

David Michael Weaver

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections — Mechanicsburg, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 26, 2016

Age 59

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

The Vigil Panel 166 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 17

Incident

Corrections Officer David Weaver succumbed to injuries sustained nine days earlier when he fell and struck his head at State Correctional Institute Graterford.

He was supervising inmates in the prison's outdoor recreation yard when he fell backwards and struck his head on a concrete wall, causing a skull fracture. Officer Weaver was the only officer assigned to the recreation yard at the time. Inmates who witnessed the incident stated that Officer Weaver was attempting to avoid a football that had been thrown in the yard.

Officer Weaver was transported to Paoli Hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.

Officer Weaver was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for 13 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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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 I Weaver gave the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Mechanicsburg, PA

Platform Identity pdcorr.cumberland.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 26, 2016

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

David Michael Weaver served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Corrections Officer I David Michael Weaver is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 2 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

of 18 officers

11.1% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident