Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 18-E: 27
Department: Hawk Point, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: 08/27/2010
Cause: Automobile crash
Age: 37
Length of Service: 10
Chief of Police Fricke was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 47. The investigation concluded that Chief Fricke’s patrol car went off the roadway and over-corrected which caused the patrol car to cross the highway and strike a utility pole. Chief Fricke was pronounced dead at the scene.
Since 1786, more than 22,000 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ensures that those who made the ultimate sacrifice are remembered for generations to come, while providing a place where survivors can spend a quiet moment paying tribute to their loved ones.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located on E Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, NW, in Washington, DC adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum.
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