The Farmington Police Department closed its records department for two days last week after learning Evidence Technician Stacy Peters was killed Monday in a head-on crash.
Peters was traveling in Arizona near Window Rock with her sister Justine on their way to a family camping trip when their vehicle was struck by a drunken driver, Shanice Gonzales, department spokesperson, said.
“Both women were killed,” Police Chief Steve Hebbe said in a recorded message to the community.
Peters had been employed at the police department for three years, and Hebbe said she was a “hard worker, committed to the public and to doing a good job.”
Hebbe added that Peters was a “great worker, great employee, friend to many throughout the department.”
The loss of Peters has “deeply affected” the Farmington Police Department, as she was someone whom her co-workers relied on, Hebbe said.
Peters leaves behind two adult daughters.
Hebbe asked the public to “keep Stacy and Justine’s family and co-workers in your thoughts and prayers.”