Robert E. Kendrick

Alabama Department of Corrections — Montgomery, AL

Felonious

End of Watch March 23, 1971

Age 46

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Kendricks was stabbed to death at Holman Prison by an inmate with a knife he had fashioned from a piece of steel. The inmate was serving the last 26 months of a 10 year sentence for receiving stolen goods.

The 46-year-old inmate was convicted of murder. He was still in prison in 1978.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Kendrick served with the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Kendrick.

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

Agency

Department Alabama Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Montgomery, AL

Platform Identity alabcorr.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 23, 1971

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon

Correctional Officer Robert E. Kendrick is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 officers honored here.

In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 9.1 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Alabama Department of Corrections, 7 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

Alabama Department of Corrections

of 11 officers

63.6% Felonious

AL — Statewide

405

of 643 officers

63% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,586 officers

53.9% Felonious