Jimmie Weldon Parks
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Trooper

Jimmie Weldon Parks

Accident
End of Watch August 10, 1975
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Jimmie Parks was struck and killed by an automobile while on duty. Trooper Parks was making a routine traffic stop on a divided highway when a vehicle crossed the center median and struck Trooper Parks while he was standing next to his patrol car.

He was stationed at Big Spring and had been with the agency for 26 years.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Parks gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Parks.

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

Agency

Location Austin, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1975
Tour of Duty 26 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Trooper Jimmie Weldon Parks 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 56 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 58.9% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol
56
of 95 officers
58.9% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% 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. Jimmie Weldon Parks'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 Jimmie Weldon Parks Compares

Years of Service
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jimmie Weldon Parks is highlighted in Aug.

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