Independence Ofc. Cody Allen was honored in a ceremony at the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial Wall of Honor on May 3, 2025, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Missouri Department of Public Safety) ...

Independence conducted its annual ceremony Friday to honor the department’s fallen officers — including Ofc. Cody Allen, whose name will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Independence police officers and the family of Officer Cody Allen gathered Friday afternoon in Odessa to remember Allen on the one-year anniversary of his line-of-duty death. Allen and court ...

An Independence police car is lit with a blue light to honor Officer Cody Allen outside of the department’s headquarters on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Independence. Allen was shot and killed ...

An Independence police car is lit with a blue light to honor Officer Cody Allen outside of the department’s headquarters on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Independence.

A federal lawsuit filed a year after her release claims the St. Joseph Police Department coerced a false confession out of Sandra Hemme, leading to her wrongful imprisonment.

Independence conducted its annual ceremony Friday to honor the department’s fallen officers — including Ofc. Cody Allen, whose name will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.