Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Stephen Jenkins suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after chasing an inmate across the prison yard at the Clara Waters Community Corrections Center, in Oklahoma City.
The inmate was observed picking up a bag of contraband tobacco along the inner fence line at the prison. The inmate ran from Corporal Jenkins and three other officers when they attempted to take him inside for a disciplinary action. All four officers chased him across the prison yard before subduing him. Corporal Jenkins suddenly collapsed as they walked into the prison.
Corporal Jenkins was transported to a nearby hospital where he passed away.
The inmate was charged with first degree manslaughter as a result of Corporal Jenkins' death.
Corporal Jenkins had served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for 18 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his four children.
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Corporal Jenkins gave the Oklahoma Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Jenkins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Stephen Roshawn Jenkins Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In OK, 21 of 582 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Oklahoma Department of Corrections, 3 of 19 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen Roshawn Jenkins Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Stephen Roshawn Jenkins Sr. Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen Roshawn Jenkins Sr. is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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