Kimberly Sickafoose
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Port Police Officer

Kimberly Sickafoose

Accident
End of Watch May 11, 2023
Age 58
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Port Police Officer Kimberly Sickafoose drowned after her patrol truck drove into the Mobile River in the area of 900 Alabama State Docks Boulevard while she was on patrol at about 2:40 am.

The truck sank into approximately 40 feet of water. Officer Sickafoose's body was recovered at about 8:00 am.

Officer Sickafoose had served with the Alabama Port Authority Police Department for seven years and had previously served as the police chief of the Silverhill Police Department.

Survivors

She is survived by her daughter and sister.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

30 years. You could have gone home.
Port Police Officer Sickafoose gave the Alabama Port Authority Police 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Port Police Officer Sickafoose.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Mobile, AL
Platform Identity apapd.mobile.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 2023
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Age 58
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Port Police Officer Kimberly Sickafoose 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%.

Alabama Port Authority Police
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
AL — Statewide
182
of 643 officers
28.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kimberly Sickafoose's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Kimberly Sickafoose Compares

Age at End of Watch
58
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
30
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kimberly Sickafoose is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location