Michael Wilson Douds

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction — Columbus, OH

Cardiac

End of Watch April 5, 2003

Age 51

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correction Officer Michael Douds suffered a fatal heart attack while he and other officers struggled with an inmate at the Madison Correctional Institution.

The prisoner, who was being held in a segregation unit, was attempting to hang himself with his bed linens. The officers were successful in preventing the inmate from hanging himself, but the man began to struggle with them. Officer Douds collapsed during the struggle. Other officers immediately began CPR on Officer Douds. He was transported to Madison County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The inmate who struggled with the officers was transferred to another facility following the incident.

Officer Douds had been with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for 14 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correction Officer Douds gave the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correction Officer Douds.

— 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 5, 2003

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Correction Officer Michael Wilson Douds 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