Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Lynn McCulloch was killed in a vehicle crash in Morgan County.
Chief McCulloch was stopped at the railroad crossing on Alabama Highway 20 when a trailer overturned on his patrol car.
Chief McCulloch had served with the Trinity Police Department for nine years, four of them as the chief of police.
Survivors
Survivors include his wife, two sons, and his parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police McCulloch served with the Trinity Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Trinity community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police McCulloch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police James Leonard McCulloch 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Leonard McCulloch's cause is highlighted.
How James Leonard McCulloch Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Leonard McCulloch is highlighted in Jul.