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Bertram F. Brewster
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Officer

Bertram F. Brewster

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Accident
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End of Watch January 13, 1925
Age 26
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male
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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.

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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

Agency

Department Fort Worth Police Department
Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1925
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Bertram is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Bertram was 26. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Bertram had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Bertram among them.

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Where

Officer Bertram F. Brewster

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch January 13, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-E

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