Roll of Honor
Harold E. Bruette
Incident
Correctional Officer Harold Bruette died after falling from the top of a guard tower at the Clinton Correctional Facility at 1156 Cook Street in Dannemora. Officer Bruette had just climbed a ladder to the top of the tower when he suffered a heart attack and fell from the guard tower to the ground. Officer Bruette had served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services for 20 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Correctional Officer Bruette gave the New York State Department of Correctional Services 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Bruette.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Harold E. Bruette is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At New York State Department of Correctional Services, 4 of 36 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harold E. Bruette's cause is highlighted.
How Harold E. Bruette Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harold E. Bruette is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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