Escondido Police Department, California
End of Watch: Friday, November 7, 2008
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: October 16, 2008
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Geoffrey Galindo died as the result of complications of a heart attack he suffered three weeks earlier following a physical fitness training session.
He had completed his normal day-time shift before traveling to the agency's police academy to instruct a physical fitness course from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm. He demonstrated and participated in all of the exercises to the academy class. The following morning he began experiencing symptoms of a heart attack and was transported to a local hospital where the diagnosis was confirmed.
Sergeant Galindo remained on medical leave until passing away three weeks later.