13/02/2023
The National Criminal Enforcement Association Board of Directors has been notified of the death of an active NCEA member over the weekend. We are deeply saddened to report this to our membership.
On the 11th of February 2023,Police Officer Julian Becerra, of the Fountain Police Department in Colorado, succumbed to injuries sustained nine days earlier when he fell from an overpass in Colorado Springs during a vehicle pursuit of carjacking suspects.
On February 2nd, the suspects had been pursued by multiple agencies over the course of several hours. At about 7:15 pm they attempted to carjack a second vehicle at the Love's Travel Plaza in Fountain and led officers on another pursuit toward Colorado Springs. The vehicle was partially disabled after stop sticks were deployed as it exited I-25 to South Academy Boulevard. The vehicle was stopped just east of Hartford Street and all three occupants fled on foot with officers in pursuit.
Officer Becerra was chasing one of the suspects when he fell from an overpass to the pavement approximately 40 feet below. He was transported to a local hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries on February 11th, 2023.
All three suspects were apprehended.
Officer Becerra was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He had served with the Fountain Police Department for 4-1/2 years and was assigned to the Canine Unit. Prior to this, he served with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office from 2014 to 2018. He is survived by his wife and two children. A link to his GoFundMe page will be attached to this release.
Julian attended a Desert Snow training class this past September and received his NCEA membership through attending that class. His member number is #10833. Julian had logged onto the National Interdiction Network earlier that afternoon of the 2nd, before committing himself to another shift in relentless pursuit of the criminal element. As the NCEA board, we are humbled and shaken of this loss of our new member, but more importantly, the loss of this fine officer from his family, as well as the community he served faithfully.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-officer-becerras-family?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_wf4k+please-help-officer-becerras-family
