Kaitlyn Breanne Ritnour
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Correctional Officer III

Kaitlyn Breanne Ritnour

Accident
End of Watch September 3, 2022
Age 23
Tour of Duty 5 mo
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Gender Female

Incident

Correctional Officer III Kaitlyn Ritnour was killed in a vehicle crash while leaving the Ruben M. Torres Unit at 125 Private Road 4303 in Hondo.

She had worked an assignment at the Torres Unit and was returning to her regular duty station at the Briscoe Unit when her car was struck by an oncoming vehicle as she merged into traffic. She succumbed to her injuries at the scene.

Officer Ritnour had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division for five months and was assigned to the Brisco Unit.

Survivors

She is survived by her mother, father, sister, grandparents, and fiancé.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer III Ritnour served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer III Ritnour.

— 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 September 3, 2022
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Age 23
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kaitlyn 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 2022, 60 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kaitlyn was 23. 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. Kaitlyn had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

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

Across the years
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Where

Correctional Officer III Kaitlyn Breanne Ritnour

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch September 3, 2022

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-W

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