I was starting to feel a bit “creepy” since I decided to document officers killed on duty. Generally there is about one every other day. Since this morose project began, we went almost a week.
Yesterday, Agent Patrick Flickenger was killed on duty when he had a severe traffic collision. Agent Flickenger patrolled a Native American reservation; these officers work in some harsh conditions, and work awfully hard with low numbers, and long hours. For details, see the ODMP site.
His death also reminds all of us that the most dangerous thing cops do — and it isn’t even close — is drive our vehicles.
Rest in peace, Agent Flickenger
Mar 11, 2008 at 11:20 pm
And condolences to his family.
Driving is deadly, sadly and I think police in the UK need more money to promote safe driving and – having read some views expressed on your ‘about you’ page – drugs use prevention; before accidents or misuse.
An ounce of prevention is better than the cure.
To the man so angry about policing drug laws – you should understand that society and government make laws; police only get to enforce them.
Mar 18, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Patrick and I have know each other since we were 12. I loved him. I know he died doing what he love to do. I only wish everyone could say that. I just wished he had a longer time on this earth to find happiness in everything else.