Overview

• On Sunday around 2:30 p.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports that a woman had jumped from a boat into White Bear Lake
• A sheriff’s office dive team located her about 40 minutes later and she was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead
• Officials confirmed the victim was 40-year-old Sgt. Beverly Rodriguez of the Metro Transit Police Department, who lived in Woodbury, Minnesota
• Rodriguez led the department’s Homeless Action Team and served as regional vice president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association since 2021
• The Washington County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death