Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Bertram Brewster succumbed to injuries sustained approximately 18 hours earlier when he was accidentally shot.
Officer Brewster and his partner were on bicycle patrol at approximately 1:30 a.m. when they stopped at a local church at the intersection of Hemphill and West Berry to take their lunch break. As they were eating, they observed a car drive down the street toward a grocery store that had recently been burglarized several times.
The two officers quickly got up and grabbed their coats so they could hurry out the door. As Officer Brewster grabbed his coat, he knocked his service revolver out of its holster. The gun struck the floor and discharged. The round struck Officer Brewster in the leg and traveled to the middle of his back. He was taken to All Saints Hospital, where he remained until succumbing to his wound at approximately 7:50 that evening.
Officer Bertram had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 4 years.
He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Just a note to say thank you for your short service to the citizens Fort Worth, Texas on this the 100th anniversary of your passing. Despite a century of time having passed, you are still remembered.
Robert Liles, retired Sgt Grand Prairie, Texas Police Department January 13th, 2025
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Brewster gave the Fort Worth Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Brewster.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Officer Bertram F. Brewster 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Fort Worth Police Dept., 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bertram F. Brewster's cause is highlighted.
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