Members of the Shawnee Police Department Honor Guard are pictured during a ceremony Friday at the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial, located on the grounds of the Department of Public Safety complex in Oklahoma City.
From left are Lt. Skip Vague, honor guard commander; Officer Steve Hudgins; Cpl. Greg Gibson; Officer Charles Swantek and Cpl. Kelly Vague. Chief Bill Mathis also attended the ceremony, which honors Oklahoma officers who have given their lives in the performance of their duties. Honoring those officers is part of “Police Week,” which is being observed this week. Shawnee officers whose names are listed on the Oklahoma memorial are: Capt. Claude James Bowen, who died in 1935; Detective Robert Arthur Warlick, who died in 1934; Marion K. Farrall, who was chief when he died in October 1907; Chief Jerry Spann, who died in 1920; Officer David Wayne Clark, who died while conducting a pursuit Aug. 16, 1980; and Glen G. Collins, the lake ranger who died in a traffic accident Dec. 13, 2005.
For more information on the memorial or to read about officers who have died in the line of duty that were from Shawnee or were from other local agencies, go online to: www.oklemem.com.
