Bio & Incident Details
Age: 66
Tour: 20 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Struck by train
Incident Date: 3/31/1933
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Chief Copeland succumbed to injuries received three days earlier when he was struck by a train while investigating a call of a suspicious character at the Eastside warehouse at 2000 hours. The train was moving without lights when it struck him, causing major injuries.
Chief Copeland had served as Chief on three separate occasions and had been in law enforcement for 20 years.
