Motorcycle Traffic Corporal OWEN P. MCCLINTON was killed on December 13, 1996 . He was enroute to a traffic assignment when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle, the driver of which fled the scene.
Corporal McClinton was a 12 year veteran of the Mobile Police Department. On December 23, 1996 the vehicle involved was traced and the owner admitted responsibility. He was on parole when he fled the scene.
Police Office DOUGLAS E. KOUNTZ was killed on May 2, 1992 in a one car accident while responding to a call for assistance from a fellow officer.
Police Corporal Matthew Thompson was killed on February 11, 2004, while assisting officers with a traffic accident on Springhill Ave. A vehicle traveling westbound on Springhill Ave. struck Cpl. Thompson when he was standing near a disabled vehicle that was to be towed. Cpl. Thompson later died at the hospital. No criminal charges were brought against the driver.