10/27/23

A PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE OFFICER WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER PERFORMANCE ON THE JOB. OFFICER MICHELLE WOODS RECEIVED THE RISING STAR AWARD AT THE RECENT CELEBRATING WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY EVENT. 

A RELEASE FROM THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT STATES WOODS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE AWARD FOR HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND REPRESENTATION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL. 

WOODS JOINED THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2019. SHE IS ASSIGNED TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION AND HAS MADE 380 TRAFFIC STOPS THIS YEAR, SIX OF WHICH RESULTED IN DUI ARRESTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WOODS BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE MOTORCYLE OFFICER IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.