Roll of Honor
Henry F. Brinkmeyer
Incident
Assistant Chief Henry Brinkmeyer was killed in an automobile crash while returning from a disturbance call. He was riding in a taxi cab when another vehicle ran a red light and struck the vehicle at Central Avenue and Clinton Street. The impact pushed the taxi into the window of a local business. Assistant Chief Brinkmeyer had served with the Middletown Police Department for 40 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
40 years. You could have gone home.
Assistant Chief of Police Brinkmeyer gave the Middletown Police Department 40 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Middletown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Chief of Police Brinkmeyer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Assistant Chief of Police Henry F. Brinkmeyer 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Middletown Police Department, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry F. Brinkmeyer's cause is highlighted.
How Henry F. Brinkmeyer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry F. Brinkmeyer is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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