MPD Detective Shawn Sizemore to Retire after 20 Years of Service Share

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After a twen­ty-year robust career with the Mar­i­on Police Depart­ment, Detec­tive Shawn Size­more is retir­ing and ven­tur­ing into a new chap­ter of life.

Size­more was born in Mar­i­on, raised in Jones­boro, and attend­ed Mis­sissinewa High School where he grad­u­at­ed in 1991. He then joined the Unit­ed States Marine Corps, hon­or­ably serv­ing from 1992 – 1998. 

Sizemore’s career with MPD began on June 1^st 2005. Dur­ing his career, he served in Patrol (includ­ing as Patrol Sergeant), in Nar­cotics, as Evi­dence & Prop­er­ty Man­ag­er, and most recent­ly as a Detec­tive. Size­more also served many years with MPD Hon­or Guard through which he was, ​“not only be able to hon­or our retirees for their ser­vice to this com­mu­ni­ty, but to trav­el the State of Indi­ana and hon­or offi­cers killed in the line of duty.”

Size­more expressed, ​“To my broth­ers and sis­ters in blue, not a day goes by that I don’t think about the death and destruc­tion that we have seen and had to deal with over the years. What I do know is that I would not have been able to con­tin­ue this great career with­out each and every one of you by my side as we dealt with the types of things no one should ever have to see. I am tru­ly blessed to be part of this ​‘Thin Blue Line’ fam­i­ly. Remem­ber to treat every­one the way you want to be treat­ed, be nice until its time not to be nice, but most impor­tant­ly, return home at the end of your shift to your families.” 

​“To my fam­i­ly, I want to thank you for all of the love and sup­port that you have shown me over the years. I know it was not easy not know­ing if I was okay or com­ing home until I walked through the door at the end of my shift. With­out your love and sup­port I would not have been able to work in the great­est job there ever was.”

He con­clud­ed, ​“To the com­mu­ni­ty that I have served for the last 20 years — Thank you for allow­ing me the oppor­tu­ni­ty to serve this great com­mu­ni­ty, and the awe­some oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet some of the most amaz­ing peo­ple who live in Mar­i­on. Though our paths may have only crossed once or twice, and it could have been on the worse day of your life, we may nev­er see each oth­er or talk to each oth­er again, but know that I will nev­er for­get you and the impact you made on my life through­out my career.”

Size­more will soon begin a new career with River­side Com­mu­ni­ty Fed­er­al Cred­it Union, in large part to con­tin­ue his love for inter­act­ing with the peo­ple of the community.

Mar­i­on Police Chief David Gilbert reflect­ed, ​“Shawn Size­more has been a won­der­ful ser­vant leader for the Mar­i­on Police Depart­ment and the cit­i­zens of Mar­i­on for two decades. Regard­less of assign­ment, Shawn was reli­able, account­able and effec­tive. Count­less cit­i­zens have been helped by virtue of Shawn’s com­mit­ment to ser­vice and duty. Every can­di­date seek­ing a job in law enforce­ment says dur­ing his or her inter­view that the rea­son they want to be a police offi­cer is to ​“help peo­ple”. Shawn said it and meant it sin­cere­ly and proved that sin­cer­i­ty lit­er­al­ly hun­dreds of times by his actions. 

As a part­ner, Shawn’s fideli­ty to his fel­low offi­cers and their safe­ty was para­mount. If you were on Shawn’s squad and need­ed back up, you knew it would be there, no mat­ter the dan­ger or risk to him­self. Fur­ther, this offi­cer will­ing­ly stood up to career crim­i­nals who oth­ers feared in order that good peo­ple could feel and be safer. 

Shawn accom­plished many, many note­wor­thy things in his career, but his con­tri­bu­tion to the cre­ation, vital­i­ty and pro­fes­sion­al­ism of the MPD Hon­or Guard stands out. Shawn was com­mit­ted to hon­or­ing our retired part­ners and their fam­i­lies with dis­tin­guished ser­vices when they passed away after serv­ing well. Impor­tant­ly, this offi­cer was recruit­ed to serve as an inte­gral part of the statewide team tasked with pro­vid­ing dig­ni­fied funer­al ser­vices for police offi­cers killed in the line of duty in Indi­ana and still con­tributes in this capacity.

Shawn served well and has been a fan­tas­tic part­ner. He will be missed dear­ly but, on behalf of the entire depart­ment, we wish him well as he begins the next part of his jour­ney away from MPD. But we know that no mat­ter what voca­tion he has, Shawn will always bleed MPD blue and will always be our part­ner. Con­grat­u­la­tions and thank you for your ser­vice, Shawn.”