Kevin Robert Greener
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Police Officer

Kevin Robert Greener

Fort Lee Police Department — Fort Lee, NJ
Accident Veteran →
End of Watch August 9, 1999
Age 43
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
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Gender Male

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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Last updated
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

Agency

Location Fort Lee, NJ
Platform Identity fortpd.bergen.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 1999
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kevin Robert Greener served in the Army (1974–1977) before joining law enforcement.

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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.

Fort Lee Police Department
1
of 2 officers
50% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin Robert Greener's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Kevin Robert Greener Compares

Age at End of Watch
43
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
17
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin Robert Greener is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

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