James Ivan Knick Sr..
Chief of Police James Knick was shot and killed after stopping a car for speeding on U.S. 23 shortly before 4:00 p.m. He was unaware it had been reported stolen. The driver, who was a parolee, had just beaten a lady in Atlanta and was driving her car. When Chief Knick approached the vehicle, the driver exited and shot him five times with a .32 caliber handgun, fatally wounding Chief Knick. The suspect was shot and killed in Hall County by other officers after he stole another car and was run off the road in a chase following a vehicle pursuit. Chief Knick was a United States Army World War II veteran and had served with the Suwanee Police Department for six years. He had previously served with the Buford Police Department for two years.
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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.
Chief of Police Knick gave the Suwanee Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Suwanee 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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