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SARASOTA COUNTY
Sarasota
William F. "Bill" Balkwill
(R)
Born Port Huron, MI, January 1, 1952 Education AA Criminal
Justice, St. Clair Community College, Port Huron, MI; BS Law Enforcement,
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI,; University of Louisville, Seventh
School Command; National Sheriffs Institute Wife Gail Children
Two Church Presbyterian Career University of South Florida
Police Department, 1975-76; Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, 1976-2001;
elected Sheriff, Sarasota County, 2000; re-elected 2004 Honors and
Affiliations Eagle Scout; Felony Arrest Award, Sarasota County Sheriff’s
Office, 1979; Outstanding Young Law Enforcement of the Year Award, Sarasota
Jaycee, 1982; Sertoma Service to Mankind Award; Board of Directors, Florida
Association of School Resource Officers; Board of Directors, Safe Place
& Rape Crisis Center; Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, Sarasota
VFW, 1987; Meritorious Achievement Awards, Sarasota Sheriff’s Office,
1989 and 1994; member, Florida Association of School Resource Officers;
President, co-founder and life member of National Association of School
Resource Officers (NASRO); Lifetime Achievement Award, NASRO, 2000; The
William F. Balkwill Instructor of the Year Award created by the NASRO;
Elks Distinguished Citizen Award, 2004; member, Elks Lodge, Sertoma Club
of Greater Sarasota, Police Athletic League of Sarasota County, National
Consortium on Alternatives for Youth at Risk, Inc., Florida Sheriffs Youth
Ranches Board, Masonic Lodge #147, National Sheriffs Association’s
Weapons of Mass Destruction Training Advisory Group; Sarasota County Criminal
Justice Commission, Sarasota County Coalition on Substance Abuse.
