Deputy Probation Officer Irene Beatrice Rios
Imperial County Probation Department
California
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Cause: Automobile accident

Biographical Info
Age: 28
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: 718

Deputy Probation Officer Irene Rios was killed in an on-duty automobile accident at approximately 4:30 am.

She was traveling in a department vehicle on I-8 to the San Diego International Airport, for a placement visit to Sacramento, when her vehicle overturned. Deputy Rios died from the injuries she sustained in the accident.

Deputy Rios had served with the Imperial County Probation Department for six years. She is survived by her parents, brother and two sisters.