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Lieutenant

Joseph Tyrone Candie

Michigan Department of Corrections — Lansing, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 19, 2007

Age 39

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

The Vigil Panel 156 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 14

Incident

Lieutenant Joseph Candie was shot and killed by a disgruntled officer from the Robert Scott Correctional Facility in Northville.

The employee had been disciplined by Lieutenant Candie and confronted him in the parking lot of a gas station across the street from the prison at the intersection of Five Mile Road and Beck Road. The subject fatally shot Lieutenant Candie.

The man was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to 25 to 40 years in prison.

Lieutenant Candie had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for 14 years.

Survivors

He was survived by one child.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Michigan Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Lansing, MI

Platform Identity michcorr.ingham.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 19, 2007

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Joseph Tyrone Candie served in the U.S. Army (1988â1992) before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Joseph Tyrone Candie 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 MI, 426 of 719 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.2% of this state's fallen. That is 59.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Michigan Department of Corrections, 9 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Michigan Department of Corrections

of 15 officers

60% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 719 officers

59.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious