Brown Is Responder Of The Week

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This week’s Responder of the Week is a familiar face around Ulysses. Sgt. Jason “JB” Brown has been with the Ulysses Police Department since 2017, and began his law enforcement career in 1998 at Stanton County Sheriff’s Office before moving to the Haskell County Sheriff’s Office as part of the Special Weapons And Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team.

“From there, I maintained a position on the team and came to Grant County Sheriff’s Office," Brown said. " I worked for Grant County Sheriff’s Office from August of ’06 to October of 2017, and then moved to the police department.”

He said the difference between the UPD and his years with various sheriff’s departments is closer community interaction.

“It’s different in the sense of this is where most of the population is, is within the corporate city limits, so it allows me the opportunity to work with the public even closer than when I worked as a deputy sheriff,” Brown said. “So, in the community constantly versus in the country, so it allows me and affords me the ability to keep working on those skills, increasing that skillset and working with the community directly all the time.”

The best part of working closer with the community is the chance to help others.

“That’s the best part,” Brown said. “Everybody might think of it as a cliché, but it truly is. We get to work with the other agencies, and together with the other agencies, we bring a helping hand to the community.”

Interacting and helping the community is not always law enforcement action, he said.

“It’s assisting in natural disasters, it’s assisting when people just need help,” Brown added. “It’s just taking care of our neighbors, taking care of our community and helping the community grow.

“Providing a safe environment where people feel comfortable coming to the community, living here in the city, and with them, is what we hope is growth.”

Brown said the biggest challenge in Ulysses has been the crime that is normal for most communities.

“I think our challenges would be directed primarily at that,” Brown said. “The challenge would be to stay on top of the criminal events, the investigations, things like that, and making sure we do those right and we hold those responsible accountable and we do right by the community.”

Brown is married to Cheryl Brown, an ER nurse at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital. Between them they have four children and three grandchildren. Their jobs interact and afford them the opportunity to work together quite a bit.

He said he wants to maintain his work with the UPD and be a mentor to the younger officers and a leader in the department.

“That’s what I want to continue, and work everyday to get better at that,” he said.

If you have any nominations for Responder of the Week – Police, fire, EMS, medical field – contact the Ulysses News at 620-356-1201 or email news1@ulyssesnews.com.