Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Alvis Maddox succumbed to injuries sustained two months earlier when his patrol car collided with a lumber truck on Highway 287. He was transported to a hospital in Amarillo and later died of his injuries. Chief Maddox had served in law enforcement for 44 years and had been elected Police Chief of Childress 11 times.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and son.
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Tributes
44 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Maddox gave the Childress Police Department 44 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Childress community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Maddox.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Alvis F. "Tuffy" Maddox is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alvis F. "Tuffy" Maddox's cause is highlighted.
How Alvis F. "Tuffy" Maddox Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alvis F. "Tuffy" Maddox is highlighted in Jun.