Given for “Excellence In Action” as subscribed on the coin.
Presented by current Post Commander, Joe Root
Eligibility
American Legion Members
Sons of the American Legion Members
Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
All Veterans
Any citizen that exemplifies the value principles of the American Legion by actions that serve the members of the Walter T. Cohee Post 12 Frankfort, Indiana, or the community in which we live.
On Sunday June 7, the Frankfort Police Department was reportedly contacted regarding a missing 76 year old US Military Veteran. Officers reportedly began their investigation locally in the Frankfort area, but information received from the community indicated that he was not in the local area prompting officer Jacob Myers to contact the VA where he learned the man would not do will without the medications that he left at his residence.
Captain Evan Hall elected to assist with the investigation while off duty and confirmed that the missing Veteran was not in the Frankfort area utilizing the Flock Safety Cameras, Investigators and other administrative staff were contacted while efforts were being made to imitate a new Green Alert for the missing Veterans at risk. Captain Hall contacted Clinton County Central Dispatch to issue an alert to the cellular provider who utilized its technology to ping the man’s last known location regardless of whether the phone was actively turned on at the moment of contact.
Initially the ping came back and was not usable for a specific location and Captain Hall requested dispatch to call the cellular carrier again and provide a GPS signal in Putnam County, Authorities report, Upon realizing the man’s last location was in Putnam County, The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was contacted leading to deputies reportedly locating the missing man’s truck but not the Veteran.
While on the phone a deputy reportedly radioed that the man was located and needed immediate emergency medical aid. Following the location of the man, Frankfort Chief Scott Shoemaker stated that he received an email of gratitude toward Captain Hall and the entire department for their efforts in locating the Veteran.
