Elizabeth Franklin
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Correctional Officer

Elizabeth Franklin

Accident
End of Watch December 7, 2007
Age 54
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Correctional Officer Elizabeth Franklin succumbed to injuries suffered one week earlier when she fell from a tower at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women.

She was transported to a local hospital where she remained until succumbing to her injuries.

Officer Franklin had served with the Alabama Department of Corrections for 24 years.

Survivors

She was survived by her two sons, two daughters, an aunt, three sisters, three brothers, and nine grandchildren.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Correctional Officer Franklin gave the Alabama Department of Corrections 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Franklin.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Platform Identity alabcorr.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 7, 2007
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 54
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Fall

The Sacrifice · Accident

Elizabeth is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2007, 94 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 11th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Elizabeth was 54. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Elizabeth had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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Her people

Alabama Department of Corrections has 11 officers remembered here, Elizabeth among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Elizabeth Franklin

Alabama Department of Corrections · End of Watch December 7, 2007

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-W

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