Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Britt Thomas Irvine was killed when his patrol car was washed off of a roadway in a terrible storm attributed to the El Niño phenomenon. Officer Irvine and his partner, Officer Rick Stovall, were responding to a call to assist stranded motorists on Highway 166 when the storm washed out the section of roadway they were on. Both officers were killed and several other motorists were washed into the water as well. Their patrol car was found upside down under silt, mud, and debris approximately 100 yards from the roadway.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Traffic Officer Irvine gave the California Highway Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Traffic Officer Irvine.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Traffic Officer Britt Thomas Irvine 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Britt Thomas Irvine's cause is highlighted.
How Britt Thomas Irvine Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Britt Thomas Irvine is highlighted in Feb.
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