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.
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- 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
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Service Record
Incident Details
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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kimberly Sickafoose's cause is highlighted.
How Kimberly Sickafoose Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kimberly Sickafoose is highlighted in May.