Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Brenda Lowery suffered a fatal heart attack after working the night shift at the Cecil County Detention Center at 500 Landing Lane in Elkton on June 3rd, 2024.
During her shift, Sergeant Lowery was responsible for overseeing a lockdown, hospital transport, a suicidal inmate, and short staffing, which required her to perform the extra duties of two additional officers. By morning, she was showing signs of stress from the incidents during the night. Sergeant Lowery was found unresponsive at her home that evening, and despite efforts to resuscitate her, she passed away.
Sergeant Lowery was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Cecil County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.
Survivors
She is survived by her two daughters and six grandchildren.
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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.
Sergeant Lowery gave the Cecil County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Elkton community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Brenda J. Lowery served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Brenda J. Lowery is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MD, 22 of 377 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Cecil County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brenda J. Lowery's cause is highlighted.
How Brenda J. Lowery Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Brenda J. Lowery is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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