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Updated: 11:33 AM CDT May 7, 2021 KOCO Staff The names of 11 law enforcement officers and one canine partner who died in the line of duty were dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial during a ceremony Friday morning.The 53rd annual Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Service took place at 10 a.m. The memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring its fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969. It’s located on the west grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Headquarters, at 3600 Martin Luther King Ave. in Oklahoma City.According to a news release from Oklahoma City police, the eleven fallen officers and one canine partner being dedicated are:Jesse Whitfield Morris, Deputy Sheriff, Washita County, died Feb. 3, 1910, from complications from a gunshot wound to his lungs on Dec. 8, 1900, attempting to arrest three men who were causing a disturbance.John Sanders, Deputy Sheriff, Adair County, died Sept. 14, 1915, dur

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