"While Patrick was serving at the Gulf Shores P.D., there many threats made against his life [There were two assassination attempts. One was rather minor and no one was hurt. The second nearly succeeded (see photo). Three men attacked Patrick and cut up his face badly. He was left to bleed to death. He carried himself to the hospital. The physician put in hundreds of stitches. Today, you have to know where to look, to see any scars. These attempts were while Patrick was working on an investigation assignment for the police department. He was to gather evidence of a drug ring. The evidence he gathered was the cause of the District Attorney of Baldwin County Jimmy Hendrix and the Chief Investigator for the Sheriff's office, Bobbie Stewart, being sent to federal prison.]. The most serious was the threat to kill his 3 year-old daughter who was living with her mother 250 miles away. This threat was taken seriously because the three men who threatened to kill his daughter informed Patrick that they knew the color of her house, how many people lived in that house, the telephone number and other details to convince Patrick that they meant what they were saying. Patrick attempted to confront these three men, but they slipped out of town that night in the trunk of a car. "