Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Herman Brooks died of injuries he sustained eight and a half years earlier when he was struck by vehicle.
He was assisting at the scene of an automobile accident when the driver of a vehicle passing the accident was signaled to change lanes by another officer. The driver did not follow the instructions and struck Lieutenant Brooks.
Lieutenant Brooks was thrown head first into the path of another moving vehicle, and sustained massive head injuries. He was removed to a hospital where he remained on life support for 8.5 years.
A grand jury failed to return a true bill against the driver.
Lieutenant Brooks had served with the DeRidder Police Department for 13 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Brooks gave the DeRidder Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the DeRidder community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Brooks.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Herman Wayne Brooks is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herman Wayne Brooks's cause is highlighted.
How Herman Wayne Brooks Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Herman Wayne Brooks is highlighted in Feb.