Robert C. Watson

Larimer County Sheriff's Department — Fort Collins, CO

Cardiac

End of Watch January 5, 1979

Age 59

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Sheriff Watson sufferd a fatal heart attack while interrogating a homicide suspect.

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28 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Watson gave the Larimer County Sheriff's Office 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Collins community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Watson.

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

Agency

Department Larimer County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Fort Collins, Larimer County, CO

Platform Identity lcso.larimer.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 1979

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sheriff Robert C. Watson is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In CO, 11 of 360 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Larimer County Sheriff's Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Larimer County Sheriff's Department

of 4 officers

50% Cardiac

CO — Statewide

of 360 officers

3.1% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Cardiac