MARTIN, Tenn. – The Bromley Training Center located in the C.E. Weldon Building in
downtown Martin will officially be named for fallen Dallas, Texas, police officer Lawrence
Bromley in a 10:30 a.m. ceremony, Tuesday, May 24, on the Main Street side of the city’s
former public library. Based on university records, Bromley is the only UT Martin criminal
justice graduate to serve in law enforcement and lose his life in the line of duty. The event is
open to the public.
Bromley was from Hohenwald, graduated in 1981 from UT Martin, went to work for the
Dallas Police Department after graduation and was killed in December 1991 while working an
undercover operation. The event will include presentation of the colors by the five-officer Dallas
Police Department Honor Guard, welcoming comments from UT Martin Chancellor Keith
Carver and Martin Mayor Randy Brundige, and remarks by Dr. Brian Donavant, UT Martin
professor of criminal justice.
Don Green, a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission member and
1981 UT Martin graduate who was raised in South Fulton, is the keynote speaker. The POST
Commission is responsible for developing and enforcing standards and training for all local
police officers in the state. A plaque presentation and dedication will conclude the event. Also
attending will be Bromley’s sister, Nancy Ray, and her husband, Brad, who live in Lexington
and are both UT Martin graduates.
The center space is provided by the city of Martin. Call the UT Martin Office of
University Relations at 731-881-7615 for additional information.