Timothy Allen 'Tim' Betts
Indiana Department of Correction
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Served: 15 years
Badge #:
Panel 2E, Line 28 (2013)
Panel L10, Line 12 (2013)
Incident Details
Cause of Death:Heart attack
Date/Time of Incident:
Sunday, August 26, 2012
02:10 pm
Incident to Death Duration:
Same day
Incident Location:
6908 South Old U.S. 41, Carlisle
Incident County:
Sullivan
Incident Township:
Haddon
Weapon Used:
Person
Suspect Disposition:
No charges filed
Burial Place:
Lebanon Cemetery, Midland
Correctional Officer Timothy Betts suffered a fatal heart attack while escorting an unruly inmate to the segregation unit at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility near Carlisle.
As he and four other officers moved the inmate, Correctional Officer Betts suddenly collapsed. The other officers immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and used an automated external defibrillator until an ambulance arrived. He was transported to Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan where he passed away a short time later.
The 21-year-old male inmate was serving a 12-year sentence for carjacking, robbery and illegal possession of a handgun from Marion County.
Correctional Officer Betts, from Jasonville, was survived by his wife, Gloria; son, Timothy II; two daughters, Amy Barton and Ashley Craig; two grandchildren, Adilea and Brylea Barton; brother, Steve; four sisters, Billie Johnson, Doris Stout, Julie Mascari and Trisha Betts; and parents, Ted and Donna Betts.
Historical Notes • Correctional Officer Betts was the second of two Indiana line of duty deaths in 2012. |
Indiana Department of Correction
Correctional Officer Betts