Joe West (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

Captain Joseph "Joe" West was a police captain of CCPD and the former leader of the Anti-Metahuman Task Force.

Early Life
Joseph was born after 1967 to Ben West. Joe later fell in love with Francine and later had a daughter named Iris in 1989. At some point, Joe also became an acquaintance to Henry Allen which later became a close friend. As of 2000, Joe was promoted to a detective.

Death of Nora Allen
After Nora Allen's death in 2000, Henry was wrongfully arrested for murder and left young Barry an orphan. Joe, who saw young Barry crying at the precinct, brought Barry home and raised him like his own son.

Equipment

 * Guns
 * BOOT
 * Handcuffs

Former equipment

 * Sword

Appearances
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Trivia

 * After his wife left him, Joe considers himself as a widower instead of a divorced man, which made him keep his wedding ring.
 * As mentioned in, Joseph West has been working in the CCPD with David Singh prior to 2005.
 * His time in the police department was also mentioned to have at least started before 2000 as a beat cop and was promoted to detective later on.
 * Additionally, the two busted a drug-related case and celebrated in a steak house where Joe sensed something is wrong with his daughter causing him to leave early to the hospital.