DEPUTY TOBIN BOLTER

ADA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

END OF WATCH:  APRIL 21, 2024  

DEPUTY SHERIFF TOBIN BOLTER OF THE ADA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SUCCUMBED TO A GUNSHOT WOUND HE SUSTAINED WHILE ON A TRAFFIC STOP. HE HAD JUST EXITED HIS PATROL CAR AND WAS APPROACHING THE VEHICLE  HE HAD STOPPED WHEN THE DRIVER OPENED FIRE ON HIM BEFORE FLEEING. A WITNESS TO THE SHOOTING CALLED 911 AND PERFORMED CPR ON DEPUTY BOLTER BEFORE MEDICS ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  

DEPUTY BOLTER WAS 27 YEARS OLD. DEPUTY BOLTER HAD SEVEN YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND HAD BEEN WITH THE ADA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SINCE JANUARY 2024. BEFORE THE ADA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, DEPUTY BOLTER WORKED WITH THE MERIDIAN POICE DEPARTMENT, ID, AND THE PLEASANT HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, CA.

DEPUTY BOLTER WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER HIS WHOLE LIFE. “HE HAD A LOVE FOR LIFE AND PEOPLE AND JOY THAT WASN’T DEPENDENT UPON CIRCUMSTANCES” DEPUTY BOLTER LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, ABBEY, AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD.

“TOBIN ADVOCATED FOR THE OPPRESSED, PROTECTED THE VULNERABLE, AND DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO STOP EVIL FROM HARMING OTHERS. HE WAS LIGHT IN DARKNESS”