Derwin's
Accomplishments:
*Graduated from C.W. Post Campus of Long Island
University in 1975 with a B.A. in criminal justice and sociology
*Honorable discharge from Marine Corps
*23 year veteran Law Enforcement Officer
*Member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
*Member of the Masons
*Graduate of the FBI National Academy
*Recipient of the only County Proclamation ever
presented to a Public Safety Unit
*Co-founder of the Father's Foundation (a community-based organization
working with troubled youth)
*Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Certified Instructor
Wrote policy for Domestic Violence for Dekalb County which became the
model for Police Departments across the country
*1979- Was responsible for initiating the lawsuit by the Association of
Law Enforcement Officers of Dekalb County against the Dekalb Police
Department. This suit resulted in a federal court order in 1980 directing
the department to staff 27 percent of its supervisory and personnel
ranks with minorities by 1986
Tributes to the Life of Derwin Brown:
*Dekalb County South Police Precinct Renamed for the slain sheriff-elect
"Derwin Brown Memorial Building"
click to view Derwin Brown
Memorial Building
*A monument and memorial walkway was constructed in Derwin's honor in
front of the Dekalb County Jail.
click to view monument
and memorial walkway
*A Tribute to the life and legacy of Derwin Brown held at Howard T.
Herber Middle School (Malverne Junior High School) by the Carter G.
Woodson Black Studies Council of Malverne High School
click to view tribute
*C.W. Post established Scholarship in honor of Derwin. The $5,000
scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in
criminal justice, one of the subject areas in which Brown earned his
bachelor's degree
*Martin Luther King Award presented to Phyllis O. Brown, the widow, in
honor of Derwin
* As a result of Derwin's assassination, new legislation was passed that
in effect reversed a long standing law (held for 160 years in Georgia)
that allowed elected officials and law enforcement officers to sit in on
indictment proceedings against them and to make a special statement to
the grand jury. The new "Corruption Prevention Act" limits the
amount of contact and influence elected officials can have with grand
juries considering indictments against them.
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