Roll of Honor
Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones
Incident
Deputy Sarah Haylett-Jones succumbed to injuries suffered two days earlier when she was struck by a vehicle driven by a teenage driver.
Deputy Haylett-Jones was directing traffic where a wrecker was removing a stranded vehicle from a ravine, on State Road 45 near Melton's Orchard and Airport Road outside Bloomington at approximately 10:30 pm when the incident occurred. Deputy Haylett-Jones was initially transported to Bloomington Hospital but was later airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis where she remained until she died of her injuries.
Deputy Haylett-Jones was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for eight months. She had previously served with the Montgomery, Alabama, Police Department for 1½ years. In her youth, she served as a captain of the Michigan State Police Explorers.
Survivors
Deputy Haylett-Jones was survived by her husband, two brothers, parents, and grandmother.
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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.
Deputy Sheriff Haylett-Jones gave the Monroe County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bloomington community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones 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 IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 30.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Monroe County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
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