Zach Walker Selected as Officer of the Year for Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Walker, has been serving as a conservation officer for 10 years.

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(Jennings County, Ind.) - Indiana Conservation Officer Zach Walker, who serves Jennings County, has been selected the 2019 District 9 Officer of the Year.

Walker was raised in Marion County and has been serving as a conservation officer for 10 years.

He is a member of the canine program, working with his dog Libby. He is also a member of the cave rescue team, a field training officer, a boat accident investigator, and a background investigator.

District 9 covers Rush, Fayette, Union, Decatur, Franklin, Jennings, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, and Jefferson counties.

Walker is now in the running for the Pitzer Award, which is given to the top overall conservation officer in the state of Indiana and selected from the 10 district award winners.

The Pitzer award is named after Conservation Officer James D. Pitzer, who was fatally shot while investigating illegal hunting activity Jan. 2, 1961 in Jay County.