Roll of Honor
Calvin Marcus McCullers Jr.
Incident
Police Officer Mark McCullers drowned when his vehicle was washed away in torrential flooding while he was working an off duty assignment at a construction site in Highland Park at approximately 1:30 am.
The construction site was at the intersection of St. John's Street and North Fitzugh Avenue, near the banks of Turtle Creek. A severe thunderstorm had caused the water level in Turtle Creek to suddenly rise and rush down the adjacent roadway. Officer McCuller radioed for assistance when the wall of water struck his car and began to wash it away.
He attempted to exit the vehicle and reach safety, but he was also caught in the flood waters and is presumed drowned. On August 24th, 2016, other members of the SMU Police Department located Officer McCullers' body along the banks of the Trinity River three miles from where his vehicle was swept away.
Officer McCullers was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Southern Methodist University Police Department for 17 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and six children.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer McCullers gave the Southern Methodist University Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Calvin Marcus McCullers Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1990â1998) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Calvin Marcus McCullers Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Military Service
Calvin Marcus McCullers Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1990–1998) before joining law enforcement.
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