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Seniors and Lawmen Together Memorial

May 11, 2012
Fred Lynch
Seniors and Lawmen Together held its annual law enforcement memorial ceremony Friday, May 11, 2012 at Cape Girardeau County Park North.
  • A final roll call for the 48 Southeast Missouri law enforcement personnel who were killed in the line of duty is conducted.
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  • Jackson chief of police and SALT chairman James M. Humphreys welcomes the audience to the ceremony.
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  • SALT secretary Doug Austin presents the contest winners.
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  • Cape Girardeau assistant police chief Roger Fields, left, and SALT secretary Doug Austin, right, recognize the contest winners, from left, poetry: Lauren Brown, Claire Southard, Nick Williams; coloring: Connor Ritter, Stella Wright, Victoria Hurley; essays: Graesan Meystedt, John Paul Schuchardt and Madison Arpin.
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  • Vicki Ivy sings "Heaven Needs a Hero."
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  • Keynote speaker, Dr. Frank Nickell.
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  • Cape Girardeau County sheriff John Jordan announces "Final Call."
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  • Chaplain John Harth conducts the final roll call of fallen personnel over the police radio.
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  • Dr. Patrick Ruopp receives a carnation from Cape Girardeau patrolman Richard K. Couch during the final roll call for fallen personnel at the Seniors and Lawmen Together memorial ceremony Friday, May 11, 2012 at Cape Girardeau County Park North. Ruopp's brother, Officer Timothy J. Ruopp, was killed in the line of duty with the San Diego Police Department on Sept. 14, 1984. (FRED LYNCH)
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  • Evan D. Burns with the Caruthersville Police Department is the latest fallen officer to be honored at the SALT memorial ceremony. He was killed in the line of duty on Aug. 16, 2011.
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  • Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department Pipes and Drums play "Amazing Grace."
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  • Dr. Shawn Wasson offers the closing prayer.
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  • After the SALT memorial program, law enforcement officers gather Friday, May 11, 2012 at the black granite monument at Cape Girardeau County Park North. (FRED LYNCH)
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  • The black granite law enforcement monument at Cape Girardeau County Park North. (FRED LYNCH)
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  • Visitors view the law enforcement monument at Cape Girardeau County Park North.
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  • Caruthersville police officers snap pictures of the SALT memorial monument.
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  • The SALT memorial at Cape Girardeau County Park North.
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