Lake Patrolman
Mark O. Harris
August 8 , 1948 - September 2 , 1984
Badge #1113
Joined in 1982
later found to be an erroneous report, when he stopped a vehicle on Interstate 35
near Indian Hills Road in Cleveland County for speeding. As he wrote the citation, a
car traveling on the Interstate ran off the road, struck Officer Harris' unit, then smashed into the second car and Officer Harris. Officer Harris was thrown into the roadway and struck by a third vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle that ran off the road was later charged with manslaughter
in Cleveland County. The driver of the third vehicle that struck Officer Harris left
the scene, and was never found.