Jack L. Budd
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Correctional Officer

Jack L. Budd

Felonious
End of Watch December 27, 1987
Age 38
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Correctional Officer Jack Budd was stabbed to death by an inmate at the State Prison of Southern Michigan. The inmate was convicted of murder and sentenced to an additional 80 to 120 years in prison. Officer Budd had served with the Michigan Department of Corrections for over one year. He was survived by his wife, son, brother, and sister. In November 2018, I-94 between Exits 140 and 141 was renamed Corrections Officer Jack Budd Memorial Highway.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, brother, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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You barely got started.
Correctional Officer Budd gave the Michigan Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Budd.

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

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Lansing, Ingham County, MI
Platform Identity michcorr.ingham.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1987
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jack is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1987, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jack was 38. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jack had served 1.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Michigan Department of Corrections has 15 officers remembered here, Jack among them.

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Where

Correctional Officer Jack L. Budd

Michigan Department of Corrections · End of Watch December 27, 1987

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-E

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