LANCASTER LAW ENFORCEMENT SERIES

LANCASTER'S LAW ENFORCEMENT: MANHEIM TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER MARC WICZKOWSKI

JANUARY 9, 2023

Manheim Township Police Officer Marc Wiczkowski grew up in Lititz and has been around law enforcement since he was little. His father is currently the West Lampeter Township Chief of Police and was a member of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police for over two decades before.

The younger Wiczkowski didn’t take a direct path to law enforcement.

“I grew up around it, but it wasn’t necessarily like I spent my entire life wanting to be a police officer,” Wiczkowski said. “My dad is a police officer and was in Lancaster city for 24 years and West Lampeter now. I grew up around that, went to the picnics, went to the station. I grew up around those guys. I had a really good understanding of what the job was and who the people were.”

Wiczkowski didn’t know he wanted to follow that path his whole life; he also didn’t push it away. He originally wanted to be a physical therapist before switching to the behavioral health field and spending time in Utah and Arizona.

Those experiences have helped shape his view on policing and aided him in accomplishing his main goal as a police officer: helping people.

Wiczkowski originally started his college studies at Duquesne University to become a physical therapist. After three and a half years studying and spending a few years as a personal trainer, he realized he wanted to take a different path.

Wiczkowski took interest...

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