Roll of Honor
Russell Dean Roberts
Incident
Deputy Russell Roberts was struck by a vehicle and killed while investigating an earlier accident on River Road in Needles. He had positioned his car away from a curve in the road so that it could be seen from both directions. He was approximately 100 yards from his vehicle, on the opposite side of the road, when another vehicle entered the curve and lost control. The car struck Deputy Roberts, causing fatal injuries. Deputy Roberts had served with the agency for only 6 months and had previously served with the Needles Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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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.
Deputy Sheriff Roberts gave the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Bernardino community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Roberts.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Russell Dean Roberts 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 San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dept., 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Russell Dean Roberts's cause is highlighted.
How Russell Dean Roberts Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Russell Dean Roberts is highlighted in Sep.
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