Scott Edward Bryant
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Correctional Officer

Scott Edward Bryant

Iowa Department of Corrections — Des Moines, IA
Accident
End of Watch May 17, 2004
Age 36
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bryant was struck and killed by a vehicle while officially representing the Iowa Department of Corrections during the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.

He and other participants were running on U.S. Highway 61 two miles north of Fort Madison. An Iowa State Patrol vehicle was providing an escort and driving slowly directly behind the runners.

A driver approached the group from the rear and did not realize that the patrol car was driving at such a low speed. The elderly driver entered the shoulder of the highway, passed the patrol car, and then re-entered the roadway. Officer Bryant, seeing the car approaching, pushed another correctional officer out of the way a split second before being struck, saving the officer's life.

Officer Bryant served at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa. He had served with the agency for 16 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Bryant gave the Iowa Department of Corrections 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Iowa. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Bryant.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Platform Identity idcorr.polk.ia.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 17, 2004
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2004, 72 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 43rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Scott was 36. 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. Scott had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

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

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His people

Iowa Department of Corrections has 14 officers remembered here, Scott among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Scott Edward Bryant

Iowa Department of Corrections · End of Watch May 17, 2004

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-W

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