David L. Brower

Fort Lauderdale Police Department — Fort Lauderdale, FL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch December 29, 1994

Age 47

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 12

Incident

Officer David Brower succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash at Sistrunk Boulevard and 11th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale on November 9, 1994. Four juveniles had stolen a vehicle, and officers were pursuing them. The juveniles crashed the car and were fleeing on foot. Officer Brower was traveling west on Sistrunk Boulevard, with sirens and lights activated, when a car went through a stop sign and hit Officer Brower. He was transported to Broward General Hospital Medical Center with a broken ankle and light contusions. The driver was cited for failing to stop at the stop sign, and the juveniles were charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. Officer Brower was recovering from his injuries when he was transported to Holy Cross Hospital and passed away on December 29, 1994. An autopsy revealed the injuries he sustained from the motorcycle crash caused a fatal blot clot. Officer Brower was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and Coast Guard Reserve veteran who had served with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department for 14 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, brother, and sister.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrol Officer Brower gave the Fort Lauderdale Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Lauderdale community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Fort Lauderdale Police Department

Type Other

Location Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL

Platform Identity flpd.broward.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 29, 1994

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

David L. Brower served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Patrol Officer David L. Brower is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 Fort Lauderdale Police Department, 9 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 69.2% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Lauderdale Police Department

of 13 officers

69.2% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident