Local deputy remembered during Cops Cycling for Survivors

(INDIANAPOLIS) – A Jefferson County deputy is being honored this summer during the annual Cops Cycling for Survivors. 

The statewide bicycle ride raises funds to support scholarships, camps and events held in memory of officers killed in the line of duty. 

John Stahl III was responding to a call when he crashed on S.R 7 in June of 2004. He passed away a year later. Stahl was a Vietnam veteran who had served on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department for 15 years. 

He is one of two fallen officers who are being honored during the bike ride this summer.

The other is Delaware County deputy Blake Adair Reynolds who was killed while assisting a stranded driver in November. 

Their portraits have been added to the organization’s support truck, a “rolling memorial” that accompanies riders throughout Indiana. For many survivors, the truck is considered hallowed ground, displaying the faces and stories of more than 500 Indiana officers lost in the line of duty.

The Cops Cycling for Survivors ride is scheduled to be in Southeast Indiana on July 16 and 17.