Missouri Department of Corrections

Missouri Department of Corrections has lost 20 officers across 183 years on record. 9 — 45% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 11.2 percentage points below the national average of 56.2% for Correctionss.

2 officers were lost to accidents — 10% of this agency's fallen, compared to 18.2% nationally for Correctionss. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 10 officers who died did so in an accident.