WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Saturday marks two years since an attack nearly killed officer Allan Fischer in Wheat Ridge.
On April 13, 2022, Fischer responded to a routine call about a suspicious vehicle. Investigators said the driver, Andre Jones, stabbed him a dozen times.
As they prepare for Jones' trial, Fischer reflects on his service while inspiring his daughter to follow in his footsteps.
"These are my new digs,” Fischer said, pointing to his desk in the records department. “I call it my new patrol car. This one is actually harder to drive."
Fischer isn't used to working in a cubicle. For two decades, he was out patrolling the streets of Wheat Ridge. But on that day in 2022, everything changed.
Fischer said he remembers being called out to an area near 44th Avenue and Ward Road. He also remembers pulling the suspect, Jones, out of a stolen U-Haul.
“In the process of taking him into custody, I got stabbed 12 times,” Fischer said. “Ten times in the neck, once in my chest and once in my back. I've got a couple daughters, and one of them was actually on scene that night.”
Wheat Ridge officer Kylee Fischer, Allan Fischer's daughter, was a sworn officer at the time her dad was hurt, but was still in training with the department.
"I remember pulling next to a building and then I was told I couldn't get out,” Kylee Fischer said. “I think that's when I more so got upset because I'm here to help, this is my job, but I need to make sure my dad's OK.”
“I saw him get loaded into the ambulance and he had his head wrapped in bandages, but he was awake,” she said. “So, I think that, at that point, calmed me a little bit.”
> Video from April 2022: Wheat Ridge officer released from hospital after he was stabbed multiple times
But the "what ifs" were still haunting Kylee Fischer. She went into law enforcement because of her dad, dreaming of one day being in the same patrol car as him.
"I really wanted to work with my dad,” she said.
But the night her father was stabbed, she started having second thoughts about her career.
“I told myself I'm not doing this,” she said. “I was like, it's not worth it. But I was told by a field training officer that my dad actually told him, ‘Don’t let her quit.’”
Kylee Fischer kept going. She’s now been serving with the Wheat Ridge department for three years.
“I still wish that I could have gotten to work with him and I have come to the terms that I probably won't,” she said.
Allan Fischer stayed positive, using humor to help him through the hard times.
"Cops don't do donuts, OK,” he said. “We do bagels. We're professionals. People keep telling me I’m looking better. I’m the only guy you know that gets better looking every day.”
His new job is in the records department. He has full access to body cam footage, including the night he was attacked. But he refuses to watch that video. Instead, he is looking toward the future and setting new goals for himself.
“I would like to come back,” he said. “I'd like to pass our physical that we do out here in the park with everyone watching. Then, I'd like to work a week or two with my daughter. Outside of that, then I'd probably be good to retire."
Jones' case is set to go to trial on Aug. 6 and is expected to last four days.
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