Baytown Police Officer Bobby T. Paulk, 31, was killed while on routine patrol when a drunk driver, traveling at a high rate of speed collided head-on with his patrol car on September 9, 1977 in Baytown. Officer Paulk, who had only been a Baytown police officer for ten months, was scheduled to rotate off of his patrol duties the very next day and begin a four month shift at the police jail. The suspect, according to witnesses, was reported traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving in traffic when his vehicle is reported to have crossed three lanes of traffic before hitting Officer Paulk’s patrol car. Officer Paulk was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, in the other car, was out of jail on bond for possession of a controlled substance. Officer Paulk left behind a widow, Martha, and two children Christine and Christopher. Officer Paulk was the first Baytown Police Officer killed in the line of duty.