Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Cope was killed when his patrol car was struck by a train at the Sugarhouse Road crossing in Alexandria. The train, estimated to be traveling at 70 mph, struck the driver's side of Deputy Cope's patrol car. Deputy Cope was en route to serve a warrant for writing worthless checks at the time of the accident. Deputy Cope had served with the agency for 22 years.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Cope gave the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Alexandria community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Cope.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Lason R. Cope is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Rapides Parish Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lason R. Cope's cause is highlighted.
How Lason R. Cope Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lason R. Cope is highlighted in Dec.
Others Who Wore This Badge
6 officers from Rapides Parish Sheriff's Dept. are honored on badge.nw.
