Christopher Quinn Cooper
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Senior Officer Specialist

Christopher Quinn Cooper

Cardiac
End of Watch April 7, 2011
Age 38
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male

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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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

Type Federal Agency
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

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Christopher is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2011, 15 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 34th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Christopher was 38. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Christopher had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
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When

April holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.

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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons has 34 officers remembered here, Christopher among them.

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Where

Senior Officer Specialist Christopher Quinn Cooper

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons · End of Watch April 7, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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