THE PRESCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES OFFICER DAN BARKWILL IN THIS WEEK’S ‘OFFICER SPOTLIGHT.”

OFFICER BARKWILL IS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS AS A CITIZEN ON PATROL VOLUNTEER, PUTTING-IN 673 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY LAST YEAR ALONE.

DAN PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2015 AND WAS AWARDED VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR IN 2018. HIS FAVORITE EVENTS TO WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE SHOP WITH A COP, WORKING THE CHRISTMAS PARADES AND ALL OF THE FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS. HE PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN THE RADAR SIGN TEAM, DEPLOYING RADAR SIGNS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OFFICER BARKWILL IS ON ALSO THE TRAINING COMMITTEE FOR THE VOLUNTEER UNITS AND ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND FEEL SAFE AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 

VOLUNTEERS LIKE OFFICER BARKWILL HELP KEEP THE CITY GOING SAFELY, AND MOST OF THE TIME THEIR HARD WORK GOES UNSEEN.