9/8/23

NORTHERN ARIZONA HAS ITS FIRST FEMALE MOTORCYCLE OFFICER. MICHELLE WOODS OF THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY COMPLETED HER TRAINING TO QUALIFY AS A MOTORCYCLE PATROL OFFICER. 

A 2020 GRADUATE OF THE NARTA ACADEMY, WOODS HAS BEEN AROUND MOTORCYCLES SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, AND PARTICIPATES IN BIKE EVENTS LIKE FEMMEWALLA AT THE CHUCKWALLA VALLEY RACEWAY IN CALIFORNIA. THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT BACK ITS MOTORCYCLE PATROLS LAST YEAR. WOODS IS ONE OF THREE MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT. 

PRIOR TO JOINING THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WOODS SERVED WITH THE ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FOR SIX YEARS AS AN AMMUNITION SPECIALIST.