Section of Miami-Dade street named for fallen police officer
MIAMI - A section of a southwest Miami-dade street has been named in honor of a fallen Miami-dade police officer.
Officer Jermaine Thomas Brown, a 15-year veteran of the department, died on December 12th, 2018.
Brown was conducting an enforcement detail as the result of community complaints of illegal activity along a canal path when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a tree south of the intersection of S. Dixie Hwy./US 1 and SW 211th Street.
A father and a husband, Brown made his job all about the community.
Thursday morning SW 211th Street from SW 112th Avenue to SW 117th Avenue was designated as "Police Officer Jermaine Brown Way."
Miami-Dade Commissioner Kionne L. McGhee highlighted the legacy that Brown leaves behind.
"Today we are going to leave a street name in honor of our great leader so that the future can always measure up and know whether they are doing right or wrong or doing the supernatural or the least. They can now measure up to our great leader Sgt. Brown," he told the gathering.
McGhee added that Brown's 15 years of service will be forever remembered, not for his years worked but for the profound impact he had on this south Miami-Dade community.