Darryn Leroy Robins, a 30-year-old deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, died on December 25, 1993, in Santa Ana, California. A seven-year department veteran, Robins was killed during a training re-enactment of a prior traffic stop in a deserted parking lot behind a Lake Forest movie theater when fellow deputy Brian P. Scanlan, who had a loaded gun, accidentally shot him in the face. The wound was fatal and Robins died immediately.

Robins was remembered as a dedicated husband and father, a committed lawman who worked with local youth, and a fun-loving prankster. No arrests or charges were filed; the shooting was determined to be accidental. His widow Rosemary and their young daughter Melissa survived him, and the department presented the first Sheriff’s Memorial Medal to his family.