Sgt. Tony Rankin

Sgt. Anthony “Tony” Rankin with the Brownsville Police Department died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 after a two-month battle with pancreatic cancer and liver failure. He was 57. Rankin began his law enforcement career with BPD in 1989. He spent three years at the Memphis Airport Police before returning to Brownsville in 2007. Rankin served as lead investigator on all sexual assault and child abuse cases as well as served as the department’s LiDAR/RADAR instructor and crash reconstructionist. He was also a driving force in the construction of the city’s new community justice center.