Jeffrey Carl Brown

Cochise County Sheriff's Department — Bisbee, AZ

Felonious

End of Watch September 26, 1983

Age 25

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 14

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Jeffery Brown succumbed to injuries sustained 11 months earlier when he was assaulted by a member of an extremist religious organization in Miracle Valley. A large group of deputies were attempting to arrest several of the church members when they were attacked by a mob of extremists with firearms, rocks, rakes and metal pipes. Deputy Brown was struck in the chest with a five-foot long metal pipe, causing him to suffer a bruised heart. During the melee, seven deputies and several church members were injured. Two church members were killed. The following July, Deputy Brown was operated on to remove a blood clot from his heart. Two months later he suffered an aneurysm and died. At the time of the incident six church members were charged with assault. There were no new charges after Deputy Brown's death. Deputy Brown was survived by his parents and two sisters

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Brown served with the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Bisbee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Brown.

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

Agency

Department Cochise County Sheriff's Department

Location Bisbee, AZ

Platform Identity ccso.cochise.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 26, 1983

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Blunt object; Pipe

Offender Never prosecuted

Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Carl Brown is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Cochise County Sheriff's Department, 14 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 93.3% of this agency's fallen.

Cochise County Sheriff's Department

of 15 officers

93.3% Felonious

AZ — Statewide

204

of 330 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious