Paul Jeffrey Fricke
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Chief of Police

Paul Jeffrey Fricke

Hawk Point Police Department — Hawk Point, MO
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch August 27, 2010
Age 37
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
The Vigil Panel 159 ›
Gender Male

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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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Hawk Point, Lincoln County, MO
Platform Identity hppd.lincoln.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 27, 2010
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Paul Jeffrey Fricke served in the U.S. Air Force (1991–1994) before joining law enforcement.

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Chief of Police Paul Jeffrey Fricke 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Hawk Point Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
MO — Statewide
237
of 813 officers
29.2% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Jeffrey Fricke's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Paul Jeffrey Fricke Compares

Age at Death
37
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
10
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Jeffrey Fricke is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Military Service

Paul Jeffrey Fricke served in the U.S. Air Force (1991–1994) before joining law enforcement.

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