Robbin B. Best

Spokane Police Department — Spokane, WA

Cardiac Veteran

End of Watch February 13, 1987

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Badge 917

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Robbin Best suffered a fatal heart attack while training with the agency's SWAT team at Spokane Community College at 1810 North Greene Street in Spokane. He was transported to a hospital, where he passed away. Sergeant Best was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Spokane Police Department for 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

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.
Sergeant Best gave the Spokane Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Spokane community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Spokane Police Department

Location Spokane, WA

Platform Identity spd.spokane.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 13, 1987

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Badge Number 917

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Military Service

Robbin B. Best served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Robbin B. Best 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 WA, 18 of 339 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 1.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Spokane Police Department, 1 of 15 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.7% of this agency's fallen.

Spokane Police Department

of 15 officers

6.7% Cardiac

WA — Statewide

of 339 officers

5.3% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac