Incident
Police Officer Kevin Greener was killed in a motorcycle crash while traveling to a patrol tactics class he was teaching.
At 7:20 a.m., Officer Greener was traveling on Route 23 when he slid onto the median. The crash caused his motorcycle to leave the roadway and ejected Officer Greener into a cement wall at Canistear Road in Stockholm. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Greener was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Fort Lee Police Department for 5 years. He had previously served with the Essex County Police Department for ten years and the West Caldwell Police Department for two years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Police Officer Greener gave the Fort Lee Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Lee community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kevin Robert Greener served in the Army (1974â1977) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Kevin Robert Greener 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Fort Lee Police Department, 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. Kevin Robert Greener's cause is highlighted.
How Kevin Robert Greener Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin Robert Greener is highlighted in Aug.
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