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Lancaster Police Department
In Memoriam |
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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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