Cross Plains Police Department, Tennessee
End of Watch: Tuesday, November 4, 1997
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: 24 years
Badge Number: 400
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: September 25, 1997
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Chief of Police Wallace Clinard died at a local hospital from injuries he sustained in an automobile crash while responding to a call for service.
His patrol car struck an embankment next to a bridge on South Lamont Road. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and succumbed to his injuries about a month and a half later.
Chief Clinard was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Cross Plains Police Department for 20 years and had been in law enforcement for a total of 24 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, mother, sister, four brothers, and eleven grandchildren.