Arthur Fillebrown
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Deputy Sheriff

Arthur Fillebrown

Broward County Sheriff's Office — Fort Lauderdale, FL
Accident
End of Watch August 26, 1957
Age 24
Tour of Duty
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Fillebrown was killed when his patrol car collided with a Seaboard Air Line Railroad train as he responded to his first emergency call. The crash occurred at the Prospect Road crossing in Oakland Park as he responded to a call involving a man struck in a truck that was submerging in a canal. Deputy Fillebrown had served with the Broward County Sheriff's Office for just three weeks.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and two stepbrothers.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-FL-9997CB02
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August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Fillebrown served with the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Lauderdale community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Fillebrown.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL
Platform Identity browso.broward.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 26, 1957
Tour of Duty
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Arthur Fillebrown is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Broward County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 24 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Broward County Sheriff's Office
6
of 24 officers
25% Accident
FL — Statewide
313
of 1,008 officers
31.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur Fillebrown's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Arthur Fillebrown Compares

Age at Death
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur Fillebrown is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location