Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Deputy Hobbs succumbed to injuries received two weeks earlier when she and her partner were involved in an on-duty automobile accident on U.S. Highway 93.
The officer's Jeep Cherokee patrol car went out of control after hitting a patch of black ice. The car spun into the oncoming lanes and was broadsided by a pickup truck. Reserve Deputy Hobbs was transported to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries 12 days later without regaining consciousness.
Reserve Deputy Hobbs had been with the Lake County Sheriff's Office for over two years.
Survivors
She is survived by her parents and husband who is also a reserve deputy and detention officer for the same agency.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Deputy Hobbs gave the Lake County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Polson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Deputy Hobbs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Deputy Deborah Jean Hobbs 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 MT, 34 of 142 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.9% of this state's fallen. That is 7.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Deborah Jean Hobbs's cause is highlighted.
How Deborah Jean Hobbs Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Deborah Jean Hobbs is highlighted in Jan.