Roll of Honor
Leddie James Brown
Incident
Officer Brown succumbed to injuries sustained 15 days earlier when he was struck by an automobile while on patrol on his police motorcycle. He was en route to the Thanksgiving Day Parade when a vehicle ran a stop sign and struck his motorcycle at the intersection of Bristol Street and Old York Road. He was transported to a local hospital and was expected to recover from his injuries; however, medical problems developed, resulting in his death 15 days later. Officer Brown was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for eight years.
Survivors
He is survived by his mother and fiancée.
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- April 2, 2026
- 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.
Police Officer Brown gave the Philadelphia Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Leddie James Brown served in the Marine Corps (1991â1991) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Leddie James Brown 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 Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Leddie James Brown's cause is highlighted.
How Leddie James Brown Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Leddie James Brown is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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