Marcus L. Reid

Birmingham Police Department — Birmingham, AL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 7, 1984

Age 35

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Badge 331

The Vigil Panel 128 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 48

Incident

Officer Marcus Reid and Officer Sharon Robinson were killed in an automobile crash while responding to a burglar alarm at 2:20 a.m. On their way to the location, their vehicle went out of control and struck a utility pole at the intersection of Warrior Road and Avenue P. in Birmingham. The alarm call they were responding to turned out to be a false alarm. Officer Reid had served with the Birmingham Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, mother, two sisters, and a grandmother.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Reid gave the Birmingham Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Reid.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Birmingham Police Department

Type Other

Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1984

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 35

Badge Number 331

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Marcus L. Reid served in the U.S. Navy (1971â1973) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Marcus L. Reid is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 28.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Birmingham Police Department, 14 of 49 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Birmingham Police Department

of 49 officers

28.6% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident