After two and a half years of waiting, a Wheat Ridge police officer finally received the closure he deserves.
On October 10, a judge sentenced Andre Jones, the man convicted of the attempted murder of Wheat Ridge Police Officer Allan Fischer, to the maximum sentence of 32 years in prison. Jones will serve three additional years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy at the jail during his time in custody in 2023.
Jones stabbed Officer Fischer multiple times in the neck and face during what should have been a routine traffic stop in April of 2022. Officer Fischer should have lost his life that night, but members of our department, paramedics and the spectacular team at Lutheran Hospital worked relentlessly to keep him alive.
“I was real happy with the judge’s sentencing. We got the maximum, which is what we were hoping for,” Officer Allan Fischer said after the sentencing. “I’m happy society is going to be safer from one individual.”
Officer Fischer may be alive today, but his life will never be the same.
He has been robbed of the career he loved for the past 20 years: serving and protecting the people of Wheat Ridge. The events of that night have left permanent scars on him, his family, and his family here at the Wheat Ridge Police Department.
Despite all of that, we will continue to put on the uniform, wear the badge and serve our community. Both of Fischer’s daughters, one of which works here at WRPD, will do the same.
After the sentencing, more than 50 current and former Wheat Ridge Police Department employees and Fischer’s family gathered to speak to the media.
“I think this situation has shown that law enforcement is there to help and protect people,” said Wheat Ridge Police Officer Kylee Fischer after the sentencing. “Luckily my dad wasn’t taken from us.”
The showing of support for Fischer during sentencing underscores how the people who answer the call to public service for policing are more than just badge numbers. They are fathers, brothers, wives, mothers and daughters.
“Alan said he’s not a hero. Alan is an ordinary guy who does extraordinary things. Just like every other member of this agency and law enforcement,” Chief Chris Murtha said during a news conference after the sentencing.
“I think this validates Alan’s 20 years of service to say that if you harm a first responder, a law enforcement officer, then you’re going to get appropriate punishment.”
We believe this sentence sends a clear message to those who try to do harm to police officers on the job. We want to thank everyone for their support, our partners at the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office of Colorado, and the Wheat Ridge community for having our back. Justice is served.
