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Name
Sgt. Brian Walker
Title
Fort Wayne District 22 Public Information Officer
Bio
On June 25, Sgt. Brian Walker celebrated 20 years of service with the Indiana State Police. Walker is a native of Fort Wayne and a 1989 graduate of Heritage High School. Walker served with the United States Marine Corps after high school until 1993, and then earned a bachelor degree in criminal justice from IPFW in 1998. Prior to the Indiana State Police, Walker served as a deputy with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department from 1998 to 2000.

On June 25, 2000, Walker graduated with the 59th Indiana State Police Recruit School, and was first assigned to the Fort Wayne Post, working the area of Adams and Wells counties. Along with road patrol duties Walker also served as a diver with the Area II Under Water Search & Rescue Team, and then as a member of the North Emergency Response Team, and as a firearms instructor.

In 2008, Walker transferred to the Special Operations Division to serve as full-time SWAT team operator. In 2013 Walker received a promotion to the rank of sergeant, and served as the team leader for the North SWAT team for four years. In 2017, Walker transferred assignment back to the Fort Wayne Post, and then in 2019 was assigned as the public information officer for the Fort Wayne Post, a position which he currently holds.

Over the course of his career Walker has been the recipient of two Combat Action Awards and the department’s Silver Star Medal of Valor. Walker is resident of rural Adams County where he resides with his wife, Amy, and their family.