Angelic Suzette Garcia
Deputy Sheriff

Angelic Suzette Garcia

Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dept. — Albuquerque, NM
Accident
End of Watch March 4, 2001
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Angelic Garcia succumbed to injuries received from a vehicle crash earlier in the night while responding to a backup fellow deputies at a fight with weapons call at a bar on Fourth Street.

During her response, her cruiser left the roadway near the intersection of Ranchitos Road Northwest and Fourth Street Northwest and struck a tree on the passenger side. She was transported to a local hospital where she passed away.

Deputy Garcia had been a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department for three years, and was the first female officer with her agency to be killed in the line of duty.

Survivors

She is survived by her parents.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Garcia gave the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Albuquerque community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Garcia.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Albuquerque, NM
Platform Identity bcso.bernalillo.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 4, 2001
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 26
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff Angelic Suzette Garcia is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NM, 59 of 193 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.6% of this state's fallen.

At Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dept., 7 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dept.
7
of 11 officers
63.6% Accident
NM — Statewide
59
of 193 officers
30.6% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Angelic Suzette Garcia's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Angelic Suzette Garcia Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
3
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Angelic Suzette Garcia is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location