John Cooper

==Summary==
Officer Jonathan "John" Cooper, badge number 7124, is a patrol officer in the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollwood Division, as well as Officer Ben Sherman's former field training officer.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with firearms
Name: Officer Jonathan Cooper, John
Origin: Southland
Gender: Male
Age: 40s
Classification: Human, Police Officer III+1
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics (Cooper has been on the job for 22 years,Southland Season 4 Episode 5, "Legacy" he said his back has never been better following his surgery and rehab and he has a clean bill of health),Southland Season 5 Episode 3, "Babel" Expert Marksman (Cooper's father taught him how to shoot in between stints in prison, he threatened to shoot a suspect through his headSouthland Season 1 Episode 1, "Unknown Trouble" and has been seen practicing at the range),Southland Season 4 Episode 9, "Risk" Martial Arts (Cooper is trained to use reasonable and necessary force to subdue suspects upon encountering resistance.Southland Season 4 Episode 6, "Integrity Check" He has restrained Officer Bill "Dewey" Dudek and threatened to put him in a choke hold, he swiftly subdued a suspect, knocked a large man down with one punch, subdued suspects with little effortSouthland Season 4 Episode 4, "Identify"Southland Season 5 Episode 8, "The Felix Paradox" and beat up two men, Social Influencing (Cooper has a number of contacts and confidential informants, people who owe him favors,Southland Season 2 Episode 3, "U-Boat" a contact who makes fake I.D.s, and a lawyer)
Attack Potency: Athlete level, Street level with firearms (Cooper shot and killed a bank robber, he once shot a gangster causing him a permanent limp,Southland Season 3 Episode 5, "The Winds" he shot and killed another robberSouthland Season 4 Episode 10, "Thursday" and shot and killed a gunman)
Speed: Average Human (Cooper pulled Sherman away before a car could explode in front of them,Southland Season 2 Episode 2, "Butch and Sundance" he caught Mike before he could fall off a roof, and chased after a suspect even when he had limited neck mobility)Southland Season 4 Episode 7, "Fallout" with Athletic Human combat speed, Transonic with firearms (Cooper's sidearm has a muzzle velocity of 348 m/s)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Cooper easily forced a suspect's door open,Southland Season 1 Episode 2, "Mozambique" restrained a woman and lifted her off the ground,Southland Season 1 Episode 3, "See the Woman" crushed a man's iPod,Southland Season 2 Episode 5, "What Makes Sammy Run?" he and Officer Sherman lifted the front of a flipped 2005 SAAB 9-5 SportWagon,Southland Season 2 Episode 6, "Maximum Deployment" he has explicitly stated he is stronger than Sherman as he easily lifted and dragged a wounded sergeant to safety,Southland Season 3 Episode 1, "Let It Snow" following his back surgery and rehab he was seen lifting weights in the gym,Southland Season 4 Episode 1, "Wednesday" he restrained a 300-pound man)Southland Season 5 Episode 5, "Off Duty"
Striking Strength: Athlete level (Cooper threatened to knock out Officer Bill "Dewey" Dudek, he effortlessly knocked down a suspect, he kicked open a locked motel door, easily smashed a car window with a nightstick,Southland Season 3 Episode 9, "Failure Drill" knocked down a 6'6" man with a single punch)Southland Season 4 Episode 2, "Underwater"
Durability: Athlete level (Cooper's former field training officer Hicks said he was always tough,Southland Season 5 Episode 10, "Reckoning" he survived a suspect attacking his neck)
Stamina: Athletic (Cooper works 12-hour shiftsSouthland Season 5 Episode 2, "Heat" and has been carrying the 15-pound Sam Browne belt for 22 years, his ex-wife Laurie said he works non-stop)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Hundreds of Meters with firearms
Standard Equipment: Smith & Wesson 5906 (service weapon), Remington 870 (standard and less lethal), X26 Taser,Southland Season 3 Episode 3, "Discretion" nightstick, and he keep five unidentified guns at home
*Optional Equipment: Beretta 92FS, Smith & Wesson 61 Escort, Smith & Wesson 60,Southland Season 5 Episode 1, "Hats and Bats"Southland Season 5 Episode 6, "Bleed Out" Smith & Wesson 36,Southland Season 5 Episode 4, "Under the Big Top" Smith & Wesson 65, sledgehammer, knifeSouthland Season 4 Episode 3, "Community"
Intelligence: Above Average (Sergeant Terry Hill said Cooper is the best he hasSouthland Season 3 Episode 2, "Punching Water" and that he and Officer Jessica Tang were the only two senior officers he had left he could trust. He has 22 years on the job, making him the seventh most experienced on patrol. Officer Ben Sherman said that when Cooper was his training officer, he taught him a lot. Cooper said he has "a PhD in street" and Officer Bill "Dewey" Dudek said he turned Sherman into a good cop.Southland Season 3 Episode 8, "Fixing a Hole" Sherman said he was a great cop.Southland Season 3 Episode 10, "Graduation Day" Officer Jessica Tang said he heard good things about him and Detective Lydia Adams said he is a good cop.Southland Season 5 Episode 9, "Chaos" Cooper taught Sherman to observe and evaluate crime scenes for footprints and tire prints.Southland Season 1 Episode 7, "Derailed" The District Attorney personally thanked him, Sherman and other officers for finding a stash of contraband. He is very observant, as he saw wen a man's eyes were dilated, he can identify poisonous plants, and Sherman credited him for teaching him observation skills. Cooper also knows CPR. He speaks fluent Englis and some Spanish.)Southland Season 3 Episode 7, "Sideways"
Standard Tactics: None notable.
Weaknesses: Standard human weaknesses. As a result of an on-duty back injury, Cooper became addicted to pain medication, although he was initially in denial about his addiction. He built up a tolerance to the medication and needed a stronger substance. He experienced no relief even after 12 sessions from an acupuncturist who said the injury might be degenerative or a ruptured disc. Because of his addiction, Cooper was even willing to steal evidence. A drug dealer said Cooper was one of his best customers, and at his lowest, Sherman said he could barely walk. After his spine was surgically repaired, Cooper would sometimes feel as though he was "losing [his] grip." His back was hurt again when Officer Hank Lucero tackled a 300-pound suspect into him and they landed on the sidewalk, causing a minor herniated disc, although he did recover.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: None notable.
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