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Police Officer

Kevin William Schultz

Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribal Police Department — Santa Fe, NM

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End of Watch August 17, 2002

Age 44

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Police Officer Kevin Schultz drowned after rescuing a boy who had been knocked unconscious in the Rio Grande River near Pilar, New Mexico.

Officer Schultz was on a fishing trip with his church's youth group when the incident occurred. Because of his actions, the boy survived.

Officer Schultz was a United States Navy and Air Force veteran and had served in law enforcement for 15 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: 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.
Police Officer Schultz gave the Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribal Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Santa Fe 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

Department Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribal Police Department

Location Santa Fe, NM

Platform Identity pptpd.nn.tribal.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 2002

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kevin William Schultz served in the Navy (1977â1981) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Kevin William Schultz 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 NM, 59 of 193 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.6% of this state's fallen.

Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribal Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

NM — Statewide

of 193 officers

30.6% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin William Schultz's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Kevin William Schultz Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service