Alvin Earl Brant

Scranton Police Department — Scranton, PA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 27, 1931

Age 30

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Alvin Brant succumbed to injuries sustained a week earlier when he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic around a construction site.

Survivors

S Navy veteran of WWI and was survived by his wife and two children.

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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.
Patrolman Brant served with the Scranton Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Scranton 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 Scranton Police Department

Location Scranton, PA

Platform Identity spd.lackawanna.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 27, 1931

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Alvin Earl Brant served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Alvin Earl Brant 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Scranton Police Department, 4 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.4% of this agency's fallen.

Scranton Police Department

of 11 officers

36.4% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident