Ofc. Samuel G. Cope
CHP - Los Angeles


Date of Birth: April 9, 1898
Date Appointed: Unk
End of Watch: January 16, 1940
Officer Samuel G. Cope was patrolling near the city limits of West Covina when an automobile swung into his line of traffic and crashed head-on into Cope’s motorcycle. Initially his injuries were believed to be non-threatening, but complications developed and he died. Cope was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department before joining the CHP in 1935.