Christina Lee Splaine

Montgomery County Police Department — Gaithersburg, MD

Suicide Honored

End of Watch September 24, 2015

Age 30

Tour of Duty 7 yrs 8 mo

The Vigil Panel 227 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 20

Survivors

Parents Sam and Judy Splaine; sister Ashley Splaine; godson Marcelo

Biography

Christina Lee Splaine served Montgomery County as a School Resource Officer at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring from 2013 until August 2015, when she was reassigned to a new school at the start of the 2015-2016 school year. A student she served remembered her this way: "Thank you for caring about my softball career and sharing your knowledge with me. You were one of the coolest people." Off duty, Christina coached JV field hockey at John F. Kennedy High School, influencing young lives in both roles, inside the school and on the field. She was 30 years old.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

Officer Christina Splaine served with the Montgomery County Police Department.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Montgomery County Police Department

Location Gaithersburg, MD

Platform Identity mcpd.montgomery.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 24, 2015

Tour of Duty 7 yrs 8 mo

Date Joined January 1, 2008

Age 30

Gender Female

Assignment School Resource Officer

Assignment Location Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD (2013-2015); reassigned at start of 2015-2016 school year

Incident Details

Cause Suicide

Laid to Rest Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland

Officer Christina Lee Splaine is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MD, 5 of 377 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 1.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Montgomery County Police Department, 2 of 21 officers on record were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 9.5% of this agency's fallen.

Montgomery County Police Department

of 21 officers

9.5% Suicide

MD — Statewide

of 377 officers

1.3% Suicide

Nationwide

256

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Suicide