Fallen Austin police officer honored with memorial marker in Liberty Hill
LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) — A fallen police officer now has a permanent memorial marker in his honor.
The Austin Police Department on Saturday morning installed a memorial marker for Senior APD Officer Anthony “Tony” Martin, who died in a motorcycle crash in 2022.
APD installed the granite memorial marker at the intersection of State Highway 29 and RM 1869 in Liberty Hill, the site where Martin died on Sept. 23, 2022.
Police said Martin was on his way home from a night shift when the crash happened.
The installation was the 22nd marker placed as part of the Austin Police Officer Memorial Project, started by Sergeant Jason Huskins in April 2008.
The project places granite memorials at every location in Austin where an Austin Police Officer was killed in the line of duty, according to APD. The memorials are 5 feet 4 inches tall, 20 inches wide and 6 inches thick and are constructed of gray granite. Rockdale Memorial has donated all markers.
Martin had been with APD for over 16 years. Prior to that, he spent 20 years enlisted in the United States Air Force.
