Former New Westminster Chief Const. Ken Brown passed away this week on Vancouver Island.
Brown, who started his policing career in 1955, joined the New Westminster Police Department as its 19th Chief Constable in 1978, taking over from Rod Keary.
In the next 14 years, before his retirement, Brown served on a variety of provincial and municipal committees, including a stint as the president of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.
After Brown's retirement, he moved with his family to Vancouver Island.
Brown started with the Vancouver Police Department as a constable in 1955, was promoted to detective in 1963, sergeant in 1969, staff-sergeant in 1971, and later to Inspector in charge of the vice squad.
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