Jasper County
Law Enforcement
Memorial
In 2022 the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office established a fallen officer memorial at the Carthage Courthouse. We felt it was important to memorialize the sacrifice officers have made throughout history of our County. The site of the Carthage Courthouse, the center of our government and our community, seemed the fitting place to put the names and pictures of the fallen officers. Officers from six agencies; Carthage PD, Oronogo PD, Joplin PD, Webb City PD, the Sheriff’s Office and the Highway Patrol are represented on the wall along with an officer from Riverside PD who died after being struck by lightning while serving in Jasper County following the Joplin tornado in 2011. We are grateful for the service of these brave men. It is thanks to their willingness to sacrifice that makes our community, and those like it around our country, truly great.
| Officer Name | Rank | Agency | End of Watch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Arner, Scott | Sergeant |  | Jasper County Sheriff’s Office | Friday, January 4, 2002 |
 | Brannon, Bert | Officer |  | Joplin Police Department | Wednesday, April 24, 1901 |
 | Bray, Eli Othel “EO” | Officer |  | Carthage Police Department | Saturday, December 13, 1930 |
 | Brice, Claude | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Saturday, December 31, 1904 |
 | Brown, Alex | Detective | | Joplin Police Department | Tuesday, December 18, 1928 |
 | Clifton, Robert M. | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Tuesday, December 5, 1967 |
 | Cooper, Benjamin Lee | Corporal | | Joplin Police Department | Tuesday, March 8, 2022 |
 | Corbin, Charles P. | Trooper |  | Missouri State Highway Patrol | Wednesday, September 15, 1943 |
 | Endicott, Raymond | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Saturday, October 8, 1949 |
 | Gammill, Richard W. O. | Lieutenant | | Joplin Police Department | Thursday, September 7, 1989 |
 | Harlen, Paul Wesley | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Thursday, December 6, 1979 |
 | Hooper, George | Chief |  | Webb City Police Department | Sunday, March 17, 1918 |
 | Lachman, Alexander C. | Captain | | Joplin Police Department | Friday, June 26, 1931 |
 | Laster, Jessie | Chief of Detectives | | Joplin Police Department | Monday, August 23, 1926 |
 | Ledbetter, John | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Wednesday, June 10, 1903 |
 | Leslie, Theodore C. | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Tuesday, April 14, 1903 |
 | Lloyd, Kendrick | Chief | | Joplin Police Department | Saturday, April 17, 1948 |
 | McGinniss, Harry L. | Detective | | Joplin Police Department | Thursday, April 13, 1933 |
 | Nielson, Timothy Andrew | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Monday, September 13, 2004 |
 | Reed, Jake Alexander | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
| Rich, Leonard S. | Marshal | | Webb City Police Department | Sunday, August 10, 1902 |
 | Sheehan, Daniel | Sergeant | | Joplin Police Department | Sunday, July 19, 1885 |
 | Smith, William | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Monday, November 15, 1909 |
 | Stiles, Melvin Dee | Marshal |  | Oronogo Police Department | Friday, July 26, 1974 |
 | Sweeney, James | Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Tuesday, April 23, 1901 |
 | Taylor, Jefferson* | Master Patrolman |  | Riverside Police Division | Friday, June 3, 2011 |
 | Walker, Floyd Adrian | Deputy | | Jasper County Sheriff’s Office | Monday, May 3, 1976 |
| Wells, Louis S. | Reserve Officer | | Joplin Police Department | Saturday, June 3, 1916 |
 | Woolsey, William | Detective | | Joplin Police Department | Saturday, December 8, 1917 |