JAMES J PAULK
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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 8-E: 11
Department: West Frankfort, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: September 13, 1954
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 5
Description: Chief of Police Paulk was fatally shot in the chest as he attempted to question a man suspected of kidnapping and robbery. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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