Robert A. White

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction — Columbus, OH

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch April 27, 1979

Age 55

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 25

Incident

Parole Officer Robert White was shot and killed while conducting a surveillance operation on a parolee in Cleveland.

Three men attempted to rob him in the parking lot of a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority complex at 2202 East 30th Street. The subjects disarmed him and shot him with his own revolver.

Officer White was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for one year after retiring from the Cleveland Police Department with 25 years of service.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Parole Officer White gave the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— 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 April 27, 1979

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Robert A. White served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Parole Officer Robert A. White is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, 18 of 26 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

of 26 officers

69.2% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious