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Special Agent killed in LV added to police memorial

By Brian Hagen

05/02/2022

(KAIR)--A Special Agent with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, who died while on duty in Leavenworth in 1923, is one of six who have been memorialized with their names added this year to the Kansas Law Enforcement Monument.

Remembrance of Special Agent James Lee David comes as National Police Week arrives.

According to a release, the State of Kansas, in honor of National Police Week and National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, will hold its annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Friday at the Kansas Statehouse at 12 noon. A wreath-laying Ceremony will follow at the Kansas Law Enforcement Monument, located on the Statehouse grounds.

The night prior, a Candlelight Vigil will be held, with Thursday night’s ceremony sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary, Topeka #3. That will begin in the First Floor Rotunda area of the Statehouse, followed by a Candle Lighting Ceremony at the Kansas Law Enforcement Monument. The ceremonies will begin at 8:00.

Special Agent David’s name is added to the monument in remembrance of his shooting death as he and another Special Agent engaged in a gun battle with suspects as they patrolled the Leavenworth railroad yards due to a rash of railroad freight car thefts.