Palatka Police Department, Florida
End of Watch: Thursday, December 17, 1959
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 17, 1959
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Executed in 1962
Officer Faulk was shot and killed and his chief was wounded when they cornered a burglary suspect. The suspect, 39, an ex-convict, was apprehended and charged with murder after the FBI matched a bullet removed from Officer Faulk's skull to a stolen pistol taken from the suspect. He died in the electric chair on September 6, 1962.