Paul Douglas Hulsey, Jr.

Beaumont Police Department — Beaumont, TX

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 22, 1988

Age 30

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Paul Hulsey was shot and killed while investigating a Chevrolet Corvette with stolen plates at the Beaumont Inn at 2155 N 11th Street in Beaumont. He had spotted the vehicle in a hotel parking lot and learned that it was stolen after running its tags. He requested backup after learning from the hotel manager which room the suspect was in. His backup officer was sent to another call involving a pedestrian fatality, so Officer Hulsey approached the suspect alone as the man came out of the hotel room. A violent struggle ensued, and the suspect was able to retrieve a gun from the room and fatally shoot Officer Hulsey. Officer Hulsey had no idea that the suspect was wanted in Florida for killing a 14-year-old girl and in Indiana for killing a 16-year-old girl and robbing a bank. The suspect was later apprehended and subsequently received death sentences in Florida, Indiana, and Texas for the murder of at least four other victims. He was executed on December 9th, 1997. Officer Hulsey was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Beaumont Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, his mother, his father (a former Galveston police chief), and other family members.

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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.
Officer Hulsey gave the Beaumont Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Beaumont 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 Beaumont Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX

Platform Identity bpd.jefferson.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 22, 1988

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Paul Douglas Hulsey, Jr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Paul Douglas Hulsey, Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,460 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Beaumont Police Department, 9 of 21 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Beaumont Police Department

of 21 officers

42.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,460

of 2,421 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious