Palo Alto Police Department, California
End of Watch: Sunday, May 15, 1994
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: R-21
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: May 15, 1994
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Reserve Officer Theodore Brassinga was accidentally shot and killed during a multi-agency training exercise aboard an Amtrak train for the 1994 World Cup Soccer tournament. The officers in the exercise were supposed to have unloaded weapons.
Officer Brassinga had served with the Palo Alto Police Department for 1 year.
He is survived by his wife and son.