Chief of Police Wallace Lee Clinard

Wallace Lee Clinard

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.