UPDATE: May 31, 2017. Updated the puzzle to more accurately reflect the coordinates of the final.
They work out of sight and mostly out of mind of the general public. There aren’t any television shows about them. Kids don't say they want to grow up to work in a prison. And yet correctional officers put their lives on the line every day, and sometimes have paid the ultimate price.
In 2002 the Colorado Department of Corrections decided it was long overdue for a permanent, public memorial dedicated to all correctional staff and families of the officers who had lost their lives in the line of duty. It was decided to place the memorial on the grounds of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Canon City, Colorado’s oldest state prison, and the site of a 1929 riot which claimed the lives of eight officers. The memorial was dedicated in November, 2005.
The Fallen Officers Memorial is open to the public during daylight hours only. You do not need to get permission to visit. The memorial is directly accessible from the parking waypoint. You will not find the cache here, but you will have to visit the memorial to gather the information required for the final coordinates. The final is not on Department of Corrections property and is available 24/7. Stealth will be required at the final. Log only, BYOP.
The cache is located at: N 38° 26.AB4 W 105° 14.CD6
A = Fourth name, third digit of year.
B = 15th name, sum of the digits of the year.
C. There is a small marker 50 feet east of the memorial. The name on the monument is: Warden Roy Best (3), Roy Best’s Dog "Big Roy" (6), Tom Clements (7), All Officers (8)
D = Number of “Johns” + 1
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