ADC Staff Killed In The Line Of Duty
ROBERT BARCHEY
Correctional Officer Robert Barchey, an
employee at State Prison Complex in Phoenix, was forty-six when he was killed on November
15, 1993.
Barchey was transporting inmates when a semi-trailer collided into the
bus throwing Barchey out of the cab. He died at the scene.
Robert Barchey was an honored employee. In 1988, he was returning from
an overnight transport when he saw two people wrestling on the side of the road. He
stopped and assisted a sheriff=s deputy in
containing a violent prisoner.
He received the Meritorious Service Award for his excellent service to
the Department.
