The Police News
February 8, 2010
Kirk Clark has always loved to fish. It relaxes him. It gives him time to clear his head and he appreciates the sense of peacefulness it provides.
The night of July 26, 1990, however, was anything but peaceful...
Kirk and his partner, Officer Warren C. Sanders, both with the Jacksonville (FL) Sheriff's Office, attempted to arrest drug dealers. After a brief foot chase, one suspect turned and put his hands up as if to surrender; but the second suspect opened fire. He shot and killed Sanders and Kirk Clark was hit 9 times, twice in his bullet resistant vest. Kirk credits body armor with saving his live.
