Patrick Quinn (20 March 1904–4 December 1976) was an Irish police officer (Garda 1700), and a recipient of the Scott Medal.
A native of Mountgordon, Castlebar, County Mayo, Quinn joined the Garda Síochána on 1 June 1922.
Following a report of an alleged kidnapping, he and two colleagues, Timothy Mahony (Garda 2376) and Laurence Neill (Garda 5357), used their Chief Superintendent's car to pursue two suspicious-looking men.
The apprehended men had approached Balbriggan Station in pursuit of their kidnap victim, a Mr Finnegan, with the intention of using their loaded guns to recapture him.
He and his two colleagues were awarded their Scott Medals at the Garda Depot, Dublin, on 25 August 1935.