Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Corrections Officer Dean Evans suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with an inmate at the Bordentown Youth Correction Center.
He and three other officers were attempting to place the inmate into an isolation cell when the inmate began to violently resist. Officer Evans collapsed during the struggle. He was transported to Hamilton Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The inmate faced only disciplinary actions in connection to Officer Evans' death.
Officer Evans was survived by his wife and daughter.
Survivors
Officer Evans was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Corrections Officer Evans served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corrections Officer Evans.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Corrections Officer Dean E. Evans is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 5 of 32 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 15.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dean E. Evans's cause is highlighted.
How Dean E. Evans Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Dean E. Evans is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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