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In
Memoriam
Officer
Brett David Markwood
Appointed July 17, 1990
Killed In the Line of Duty,
February 21, 1993 |
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On February 21, 1993
at 1:23 a.m., Officer Markwood responded to a robbery in progress call at a
convenience store on the west side of Lancaster. He spotted the suspect fleeing
from the scene on foot and left his patrol vehicle to begin pursuing the
suspect. During the pursuit, the suspect fired a .38 caliber revolver at the
Officer Markwood, fatally wounding him in the face. Later that morning, Officer
Markwood died in the hospital. The suspect was apprehended and is serving a
life sentence.
Officer Brett D. Markwood was at the beginning of a
promising career. He was an outstanding high school athlete and a graduate of
Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. His wife, family, and members of
the Lancaster Police Department sadly miss him. |
In
Memoriam
Officer
William T. Osborne
Appointed 1903
Killed In the Line of Duty, December
27, 1909 |
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On December 27, 1909,
Officer W.T. Osborne, Badge #4, became the first Officer of the Lancaster
Police Department to be killed in the line of duty. During a burglary
surveillance at 1:00 a.m., he was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast in the
thigh at the Fairfield County Courthouse.
W.T. Osborne was a native of
Dunkirk, Indiana and had been appointed to the Lancaster Police Department in
1903. |
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