Officer Mark Reynolds, 43, died Wednesday evening after a medical emergency during training.
The SC Department of Public Safety announced that a State Transport Police Officer died after a medical emergency during training.
Officer Mark Reynolds, 43, a native of Florence County was assigned to Florence, Williamsburg and Georgetown counties.
Reynolds joined the State Transport Police in 2022, after previously serving as a firefighter for more than a decade and also working as a professional truck driver.
“The death of Officer First Class Reynolds is a profound loss, not only for the State Transport Police, but the entire Department of Public Safety,” SCDPS Director Robert G. Woods, IV said. “We are all hugging our families a little closer tonight and praying for Mark’s wife, children, friends and loved ones who are left reeling from this sudden loss.”
Reynolds is the first State Transport Police officer to die in the line of duty since the agency was created in 1993 as a division within the SC Department of Public Safety.
“Today is a very sad day for the State Transport Police. For anyone who knew Mark personally, he was well liked, respected and extremely dependable,” STP Colonel Dwayne Wilson said. “He was committed to his job and lived a life of service to the state, through his years as a firefighter and most recently as one of our officers. He will be greatly missed.”
SC State Transport police officer dies after training
