Charles Brett (police officer)

Charles Brett
Brett in the 1860s
Born	Unknown date, c. 1815 Macclesfield, England
Died	18 September 1867 (aged 52) Manchester, England
Resting place	Manchester General Cemetery
Occupation	Police sergeant

Charles Brett (c. 1815 – 18 September 1867) was a police sergeant from Manchester, England. In 1867, he was shot dead in an ambush on the locked police carriage transporting the Fenians Thomas J. Kelly and Timothy Deasy; he was the first police officer from Manchester to be killed on duty.