MARY KATHERINE RICARD

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 41-E: 28
Department: Colorado Department of Corrections
End of Watch: September 24, 2012
Cause: NIFE
Age: 55
Years of Service: 9
Description: Sergeant Ricard was attacked by an inmate while supervising food preparation in the kitchen at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility. An inmate obtained a kitchen knife while preparing breakfast for the facility. The inmate then lured Sergeant Ricard into a secluded area in the kitchen and stabbed her once fatally in the neck. A second officer was also stabbed by the inmate but survived. The inmate was transferred to a high security prison.
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