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Chief of Police

Jake James McCullough, Jr.

Hannahville Tribal Police Department — Wilson, NC

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End of Watch December 5, 1981

Age 35

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief of Police Jake McCullough succumbed to injuries sustained one month earlier in an automobile crash while following an ambulance to a hospital in Escanaba. The ambulance was transporting a child who had been hit by a car in Wilson. Chief McCullough was taking the child's parents to the hospital when his patrol car collided with a tractor-trailer in Escanaba several blocks away from the hospital. Chief McCullough was a U.S. Army veteran and had served as the Hannahville Tribal Police Department's chief since the agency's inception in 1974.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and three daughters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 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 McCullough gave the Hannahville Tribal Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Wilson 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

Department Hannahville Tribal Police Department

Location Wilson, NC

Platform Identity htpd.nn.tribal.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 5, 1981

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Jake James McCullough, Jr. served in the Army (1960â1963) before joining law enforcement.

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Chief of Police Jake James McCullough, Jr. 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 NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen.

Hannahville Tribal Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

NC — Statewide

205

of 664 officers

30.9% 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. Jake James McCullough, Jr.'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 Jake James McCullough, Jr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service