Tennessee Department of Correction

Tennessee Department of Correction has lost 14 officers across 134 years on record. 11 — 78.6% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 22.4 percentage points above the national average of 56.2% for Correctionss — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

3 officers were lost to accidents — 21.4% of this agency's fallen, compared to 18.2% nationally for Correctionss. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 5 officers who died did so in an accident.