Shana Renee Tedder
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Corrections Officer

Shana Renee Tedder

Cardiac
End of Watch June 9, 2017
Age 41
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Gender Female

Incident

Corrections Officer Shana Tedder died after suffering a suspected heart attack following a use of force incident with an inmate at the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas.

She began to experience shortness of breath following the incident and collapsed after walking to a different area of the facility to rest. Other officers immediately began CPR as medics responded to the facility, however, they were unable to revive her.

Officer Tedder had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 12 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Tedder gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Tedder.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 9, 2017
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 41
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac
Cause Detail Heart attack
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Shana is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2017, 22 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 3rd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Shana was 41. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Shana had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Fridays: 15.8%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Shana among them.

Across the years
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Where

Corrections Officer Shana Renee Tedder

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch June 9, 2017

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-W

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