Slain Joplin officers being honored twice this month
Joplin police Sgt. Benjamin Cooper and Officer Jake Reed were honored at a memorial service for fallen officers Saturday at Missouri's state Capito...
Joplin police Sgt. Benjamin Cooper and Officer Jake Reed were honored at a memorial service for fallen officers Saturday at Missouri's state Capitol and will be again this coming Saturday at the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. Cooper, 46, and Reed, 27, who were fatally shot answering a service call March 8, 2022, were among 11 fallen officers honored in a ceremony at the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial. Police Chief Sloan Rowland and a contingent of 18 other officers from the Joplin Police Department joined members of Cooper's and Reed's families at the annual memorial service, where their names were added to the memorial's Wall of Honor.