Off. Robert "Bobby" Brown 

In 1991 Bobby Brown joined the Baltimore Police Department where he was initially assigned the Western District after graduating the academy. In January of 1998 he was transferred to the Southern District where he currently serves. During his career Officer Brown was awarded The Distinguished Service Award, a Bronze Star, three Commendation Ribbons, three Police Commissioner's Special Service Ribbon, (2000, 2008 and 2011), a Ten year Safe Driving Award, and 12 Letters of Commendation. 

Officer Bobby Brown Co-authored the Book, Some Gave All, A History of Baltimore Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty 1808-2007. Officer Brown uses his investigative skills as one of our top Departmental Historians, these skills were a big help to Bill Hackley on the original site, and are now an important part of the success of the rebuilding of the new "Baltimore City Police History" site. As our official site historian, Bobby helps verify the content of the site, and any new info to be added to the site. We are glad to have Bobby as part of the site, and can't wait to see what kind of info he brings us. 

Officer Bobby Brown and Det. Driscoll were asked for help from Bill Hackley over the years with his website, (The previous version of this site) Officer Brown being a departmental historian seemed the perfect match for helping on this site, Ken enjoyed researching the department, using the three books most commonly associated with our history, and Sun Paper Archives, that and doing some Photoshop work, had Bill Hackley ask him to take over the site should anything happen to him. Both Bobby and Kenny shared a deep respect for the department, and the men and women that serve, have served and will some day serve. Bill Hackley saw that and wanted both of these officers involved. In March 2012 Officer Bill Hackley passed away in his sleep due to heart failure. In May Det. Driscoll was asked to take care of upkeep and maintenance on Bill’s site. Det Driscoll went to Bobby for additional help in investigating the past, and Bobby agreed to be one of our Historians. When Driscoll has questions that have him stumped he goes to Bobby, When he has history that contradicts what others are saying, he takes his research to bobby for a second opinion. The site built in 2012, was rebuilt this year 2015 all at the hands of Ret Det Driscoll, as he learned so much from the former web designers.  Both Bobby and Kenny agree, researching history, is like a criminal investigation; in a criminal investigation you go where the clues take you, in historical research, you go where the information takes. In both cases sometimes you may want it to take you one way, but if it doesn't end up that way, or one little thing disproves that theory, you have to stop; rethink everything, and go where the clues, or information take you.  

Bobby Brown: Honoring the Unseen Heroes of Baltimore

Retired Officer Robert "Bobby" Brown, a local police historian, is dedicated to ensuring that the stories of Baltimore’s fallen officers are not forgotten. Through his work and assistance on Det Driscoll's history site, he helps to locate and post the names of these officers while he works to assist in providing a memorial for every fallen officer on the anniversaries of their passings. This recognition, though small, means a great deal to the families who have already lost so much. Bobby’s work is time-consuming, involving hours of combing old newspapers. But he says it is a valuable service to the community he served and a fitting tribute to those who served and those who have died. Bobby, along with Kenny, has found many names that have been presented to the Officer Down Memorial Page (a dot org). They re-investigate the names provided by the Baltimore Police Historical Society, so only the names they feel are a result of a line of duty injury/illness are listed.

When we checked their counts, we found they have 146 listed as fallen officers for the city of Baltimore’s police and 1 listed as Baltimore Park Police. As president of the historical society Ken adopted the Park officer because in 1961, Baltimore Park Police rolled into Baltimore City police, and as Ken said, "If we don’t add him to our list, he will be forgotten." So, ODM.org technically has 147 fallen Baltimore officers. That is 11 more than Baltimore Police Department's 136 and 74 less than Baltimore Police Historical Society’s list of fallen officers. This is a testament to the unseen heroes of Baltimore's police, their sacrifices, and the families they left behind.

 

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