James Monroe McGaha.
Patrolman Jim McGaha was struck and killed by a vehicle as he struggled with a drunk pedestrian on the 1500 block of Tin Mill Road in Dolomite. Patrolman McGaha and another officer were called to the area after receiving reports of a man sitting in the middle of the road around 1:45 a.m. Patrolman McGaha was attempting to remove the pedestrian from the roadway when the man began to struggle. A vehicle struck both men, killing them. Patrolman McGaha was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Hueytown Police Department for two years and previously served with the Birmingham Police Department.
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In tribute
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.
Patrolman McGaha gave the Hueytown Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hueytown community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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