Shirlene A. Jenkins

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction — Columbus, OH

Cardiac

End of Watch February 11, 1997

Age 36

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Female

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Incident

Correction Officer Shirlene Jenkins suffered a fatal heart attack following a struggle with an inmate in the psychiatric unit at the Allen Correctional Institution. Officer Jenkins was assisting four other officers in using physical force to keep an inmate from harming himself. Officer Jenkins collapsed after the incident. Officer Jenkins had served with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for three years.

Survivors

She is survived by one child.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correction Officer Jenkins gave the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correction Officer Jenkins.

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

Agency

Department Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity odrc.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 11, 1997

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 36

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Weapon Person

Offender Not available

Correction Officer Shirlene A. Jenkins 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 OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, 2 of 26 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.7% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

of 26 officers

7.7% Cardiac

OH — Statewide

of 991 officers

4.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac