Age: 62
Served: 19 years
1984 (with Bromley Police Department) to May 19, 2003

Douglas Bryant’s first calling was as an instructor, teaching automotive mechanics to students at the Northern Kentucky Vocational School.  During 1984, he switched to law enforcement, being appointed as a police officer in the Bromley Police Department.  Five years later, he transferred to the Kentucky Department of Wildlife Resources where, over the next 14 years, he earned a reputation as a first-rate officer and renowned boat accident investigator involved in the investigation of every major boating accident in the Northern Kentucky area since 1990.  He and his family lived in Villa Hills.

On May 19, 2003, about 2 p.m., Officer Bryant stopped a vehicle operated by Lloyd C. Robinson (56), of Florence, on Interstate 75/71.  Officer Bryant walked up to the driver and began talking to him when Robinson hit the accelerator and drove off.  Officer Bryant ran back to his patrol truck and took off in pursuit, but did not have time to seatbelt himself in.  Nor could he call for assistance because the statewide radio system was not working at the time. While in pursuit through Fort Mitchell, Robinson intentionally ran into the patrol truck causing Officer Bryant to lose control and overturn the truck near the Buttermilk Pike exit.  Officer Bryant was thrown from the vehicle and gravely injured.  He was rushed to St. Luke Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Officer Bryant was survived by his wife, Cheryl, and 16-year-old daughter, Kiana Renee.

Robinson was caught near the scene of the crash.  He admitted to having caused the crash.  Fort Mitchell Police Department investigated the homicide and, more than two years later, Robinson was tried by a jury on charges of 2nd Degree Manslaughter and 1st Degree Fleeing and Eluding; a conviction for which would have netted Robinson a fifteen year sentence.  Instead, on June 25, 2005, the jury found him guilty only of reckless homicide and fleeing a police officer. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and is currently, apparently, living in Florence, KY.

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