Christopher Quinn Cooper

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons — Washington, DC

Cardiac

End of Watch April 7, 2011

Age 38

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 33

Incident

Senior Officer Specialist Christopher Cooper suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a training exercise at USP Leavenworth.

Officer Cooper was running an obstacle course with other members of the Special Operations Response Team when he collapsed. Other officers immediately began CPR but were unable to resuscitate him.

Officer Cooper is survived by his wife and two children.

Survivors

Officer Cooper is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Officer Specialist Cooper gave the United States Department of Justice 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Officer Specialist Cooper.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 2011

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Senior Officer Specialist Christopher Quinn Cooper is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 71 of 1,419 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2 of 34 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons

of 34 officers

5.9% Cardiac

DC — Statewide

of 1,419 officers

5% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac