Incident
Fatally injured when struck by a vehicle at the scene of an accident.
Fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle while attending the scene of an earlier accident on the outskirts of Inverness.
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- April 8, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Brown served with the Inverness-shire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Brown.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable John Henderson Brown 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Inverness-shire Constabulary, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Henderson Brown's cause is highlighted.
How John Henderson Brown Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Henderson Brown is highlighted in Jul.
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