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Second Lieutenant

Francis Joseph Stecco

Fairfax County Police Department — Fairfax, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 25, 2008

Age 42

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Badge 2252

The Vigil Panel 157 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Second Lieutenant Frank Stecco drowned while participating in a helicopter water rescue training scenario in Pohick Bay Regional Park.

He had entered the water wearing only a dry suit, to role play as a victim, but failed to resurface. An intense search was immediately initiated. Divers located his body on October 25th, 2008, approximately 100 feet from where he was last seen.

Lieutenant Stecco was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Fairfax County Police Department for 19 years and was assigned to the Youth Services Division.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three children, and mother.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier: BO-US-VA-A4627297
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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Second Lieutenant Stecco gave the Fairfax County Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fairfax community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Fairfax County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Fairfax, Fairfax County, VA

Platform Identity fcpd.fairfax.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 25, 2008

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 42

Badge Number 2252

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Francis Joseph Stecco served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1984â1988) before joining law enforcement.

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Second Lieutenant Francis Joseph Stecco is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Fairfax County Police Department, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Fairfax County Police Department

of 8 officers

37.5% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident