Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Stuart Holt suffered a fatal heart attack after working for eight continuous days with extra duty assignments and overtime hours.
On May 29, Deputy Holt was the first responder at the scene of a structure fire and attempted to enter the structure to rescue any possible occupants trapped inside. The next day, he worked an additional three hours of overtime after his 12-hour shift. On May 31, after finishing his 12-hour day, he stopped to render aid at a traffic scene where a vehicle plunged into the Boulder Creek River, ultimately killing a teenage passenger. While driving away from the scene, two hours later, he experienced chest pains. The next couple of days, he worked extra duty traffic control and security for a triathlon and an overtime assignment transporting inmates charged with felonies to the courthouse and providing security during a hearing that lasted five hours without a break. On June 2, when he went home, he passed out and was unable to be resuscitated.
Deputy Holt was a United States Army veteran and served with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.
Deputy Holt was a United States Army veteran and served with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office for 19 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, brother, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Holt gave the Boulder County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Boulder community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Stuart Edward Holt served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Stuart Edward Holt is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 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 0.9 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
At Boulder County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stuart Edward Holt's cause is highlighted.
How Stuart Edward Holt Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Stuart Edward Holt is highlighted in Jun.
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