Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Paul Fricke was killed in an automobile accident on Highway 47, near Highway U, at approximately 10:30 am.
It is believed that Chief Fricke's patrol car went off the right side of the roadway, and that he over-corrected, causing his patrol car to cross the highway and strike a utility pole on the left side of the road.
Chief Fricke served as Hawk Point's part-time police chief and also served as a full time deputy with the Warren County Sheriff's Office. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.
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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.
Chief of Police Fricke gave the Hawk Point Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hawk Point community, and 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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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Paul Jeffrey Fricke served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Chief of Police Paul Jeffrey Fricke 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Jeffrey Fricke's cause is highlighted.
How Paul Jeffrey Fricke Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Jeffrey Fricke is highlighted in Aug.