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Sergeant

Mark Frank Parry

Baltimore County Police Department — Towson, MD

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch January 21, 2002

Age 42

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Badge 2921

The Vigil Panel 149 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Sergeant Mark Parry succumbed to injuries received 25 days earlier when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver on East Joppa Road near Pleasant Plains Road.

Sergeant Parry was a member of the detective unit and had offered to fill in for another supervisor in the patrol unit at the time.

The 41-year-old suspect fled the scene after the incident but was later apprehended and charged with several counts. Sergeant Parry received severe head and body injuries and remained in the hospital until succumbing to those injuries.

Sergeant Parry had served with the Baltimore County Police Department for 16 years and had previously served with the United States Army for two years and the Army Reserves for six years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three children, sister, and brother.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Parry gave the Baltimore County Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Towson community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Towson, Baltimore County, MD

Platform Identity bcpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 21, 2002

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 42

Badge Number 2921

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Military Service

Mark Frank Parry served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Mark Frank Parry is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 51.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Baltimore County Police Department, 9 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore County Police Department

of 12 officers

75% Felonious

MD — Statewide

195

of 377 officers

51.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious