Robert Alan Potter served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Heart attack
Officer Robert Potter suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to a major accident involving two tractor trailers on I-10, near Vado.
He was one of the first officers on scene and provided life-saving assistance to the victims of the crash. A short while later, Officer Potter was in a staging area at a nearby truck stop when he suddenly collapsed. He was transported to Memorial Medical Hospital, in Las Cruces, where he passed away the following day.
Officer Potter was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the New Mexico Motor Transportation Police for seven years.
Officer Potter was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the New Mexico Motor Transportation Police for seven years.
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In tribute
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.
Officer Potter gave the New Mexico Motor Transportation Police 7 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
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