Arrest of Joplin Honky leads to Jeffery Flener being named JPD Officer of the Month

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Officer of the Month
January 2019
Officer Jeffery Flener

On 01/30/19 at approximately 0315 hours Officer Flener was patrolling the 500 Block of Moffett when he located what appeared to be a burglary in progress.

Officer Flener tried to contact the vehicle's occupants and they took off at a high rate of speed. This initiated a pursuit that went into Kansas, down into Oklahoma and then back almost to Joplin. 

Because of Officer Flener’s due diligence in investigating this incident the suspect driver, a known Joplin Honky, and the passenger, also a known criminal, were taken into custody for $210,000 worth of warrants out of Jasper and Newton County’s along with felony resisting charges on the driver for causing the pursuit. 

Officer Flener is always happy to be at work and is always willing to help out who ever he is working with. Officer Flener is a very proactive officer that will put in extra work to make sure that whatever he is working on is done to the best of his ability. 

Officer Flener is a very dedicated officer that is a great asset to the Midnight Patrol Team.

Thank you Officer Flener for you service to the community, agency, and fellow officers. You are an asset to the Joplin Police Department.

Respectfully,

Matthew Stewart
Chief of Police