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Police Officer

Ulysses Brown

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 20, 1971

Age 27

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Badge 1103

The Vigil Panel 108 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 249

Incident

Police Officer Ulysses Brown was shot and killed while off duty when several subjects attempted to rob him behind a store at 10800 East Jefferson Avenue at approximately 4:00 a.m. Officer Brown was a Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Detroit Police Department for four years, assigned to the East Side Morality Unit. He was survived by his son, two daughters, parents, and three siblings. In 2017, one of his daughters became the first female police chief of the Dallas Police Department, Texas, after serving 20 years with the Detroit Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his son, two daughters, parents, and three siblings.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 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 Brown gave the Detroit Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 20, 1971

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 1103

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Ulysses Brown served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Ulysses Brown is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In MI, 426 of 719 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.2% of this state's fallen. That is 59.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Detroit Police Department, 177 of 250 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.8% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department

177

of 250 officers

70.8% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 719 officers

59.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious