FORMER YAVAPAI COUNTY ATTORNEY SHEILA POLK HAS BEEN NAMED THE 2023 DISTINGUISHED CHIEF PROSECUTOR BY THE NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION (NDAA).

POLK, WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2022 AFTER SERVING 22 YEARS IN HER POSITION, RECEIVED THE AWARD ON JULY 10 AT THE NDAA SUMMER SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. ONE CHIEF PROSECUTOR, WHO HAS DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AMONG THEIR PEERS, IS RECOGNIZED BY NDAA ANNUALLY AS THEY SEEK JUSTICE, HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE, AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS.

CURRENT YAVAPAI COUNTY ATTORNEY DENNIS MCGRANE STATED, “IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT A CHIEF PROSECUTOR FROM A RURAL AREA SUCH AS YAVAPAI COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE THIS NATIONAL AWARD. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT SHEILA POLK’S LEADERSHIP WHILE IN OFFICE AND HER IMPACT ACROSS OUR STATE AND NATION. THIS AWARD SHOULD MAKE ALL OF US VERY PROUD.”

POLK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK CHAIRING SEVERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS IN ARIZONA, HER LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS, AND FOR LEADING THE WAY TO CREATE A PUBLIC-FACING STATEWIDE REPOSITORY FOR POLICE OFFICER INTEGRITY DATA.