826 N. Franklin St., Junction City, KS 66441

Law Enforcement Memorial

Honoring our Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junction City/Geary County Law Enforcement Memorial

6TH & WASHINGTON ST, HERITAGE PARK, JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441

 

Our thanks to the Kansas State Historical Society and Kansas Law Enforcement Officers Memorial page for Fallen Officer information.  Please also visit our partnering agency – Junction City Police Department’s memorial page and the Officer Down Memorial Page.

Junction City Police Officer
Wilson “Alex” C. Johnson, Jr.

End of Watch:  December 3, 2001

Circumstances:
On December 3, 2001 at 4:30 A.M., Officer Wilson “Alex” Johnson, Jr. received a fatal gunshot wound while assisting a domestic battery victim to recover her two children who were being held in a Junction City apartment building. The domestic battery suspect shot Officer Johnson during a confrontation in the apartment. Officer Johnson died at the scene. After shooting Officer Johnson, the suspect attempted to leave the building but another Junction City police officer thwarted his escape. The suspect retreated to the apartment where he took his own life. The two children, ages one and three, were unharmed. Officer Johnson served the Junction City Police Department for eighteen years as a patrolman and detective. He joined the department after a twenty-year Army career that included two tours of duty in Vietnam and tours of duty in Korea and Germany. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Junction City Police Officers Association, and the Kansas Peace Officers Association. Officer Johnson was fifty-six years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife Hermine Linda Johnson and two stepsons, David and Michael Quintenar.

Junction City Asst. City Marshal
Robert Cooper

End of Watch: November 20, 1901

Circumstances:
On November 18, 1901 Officer Robert Cooper and Officer James White were attempting to quell a disturbance created by Fourteenth Cavalry soldiers from nearby Fort Riley. The disturbance became violent and both officers were shot and killed by cavalry trooper W. B. Buchanan. The suspect later committed suicide in his cell. Cooper died two days later.

Junction City Police Officer
James R. White

End of Watch:  November 18, 1901

Circumstances:
On November 18, 1901 Officer Robert Cooper and Officer James White were attempting to quell a disturbance created by Fourteenth Cavalry soldiers from nearby Fort Riley. The disturbance became violent and both officers were shot and killed by cavalry trooper W. B. Buchanan. The suspect later committed suicide in his cell.

Junction City Police Officer
Ira M. Buchanan

End of Watch: November 13, 1869

Circumstances:
City Marshal Daniel McCleery, because of continued disturbances by a group of Texans, ordered the “rum and billiard room” of a shop closed. When the Texans refused to follow the order, the Marshal called on Buchanan for assistance. Buchanan was shot and killed by James Coates and H. M. Childers. In 1872, Childers was found not guilty of actually shooting Buchanan and was freed. The local press said the acquittal was a “put up job,” but the technicality of Childers’ not being proven to have actually shot was the key point. Coates had not been located.