Kenneth Louis Brown

Atlantic City Police Dept. — Atlantic City, NJ

Cardiac

End of Watch March 10, 2004

Age 52

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Sergeant Kenneth Brown suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a fight and disturbance at a basketball game at Atlantic City High School.

He had assisted with making an arrest after one of the scuffles and was driving to the police station to complete paperwork when he suffered a heart attack.

Sergeant Brown had served with the Atlantic City Police Department for 27 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and six children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

27 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Brown gave the Atlantic City Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Atlantic City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Brown.

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

Agency

Department Atlantic City Police Dept.

Location Atlantic City, NJ

Platform Identity atlapd.atlantic.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 10, 2004

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sergeant Kenneth Louis Brown 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 NJ, 38 of 646 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.9% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Atlantic City Police Dept., 1 of 10 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 10% of this agency's fallen.

Atlantic City Police Dept.

of 10 officers

10% Cardiac

NJ — Statewide

of 646 officers

5.9% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac