Congratulations are in order for traffic Officer Dick Hill of the Arlington Police Department.
Hill, who the community affectionately calls, Motorcycle Mike.
“I don’t know how the legend started or motorcycle Mike started it. I guess I should be honored in the sense that people know who I am,” Hill said.The department posted a 12-minute video of a day in the life of Hill on November 6 to celebrate his half a century of service. “If I didn’t like doing this, I wouldn’t still be doing it. It’s not like I am just hanging on,” Hill said. “I’m not hanging on. I go out, I do my job and I get very few complaints believe it or not. And with traffic, you know you’re going to get complaints.“They don’t always go that smooth, but you know, it depends on how you talk to people. If you talk to people with respect, generally it’s a mutual thing. Not always, but most of the time,” Hill said in a video produced by the department.
“I trained Darrin on motors. We are all a family. We are so close. You sweat your tail off and freeze in the winter. We share that common bond of riding those motorcycles and there have been many close calls. Darrin paid the ultimate price, and he was a good rider too,” Hill said.If you were to ask me what a true public servant looks like, I would tell you it's Officer Dick Hill.
You don't last 50 years in policing unless you absolutely love it and cherish the positive impact it allows you to make.“If you were to ask me what a true public servant looks like, I would tell you it's Officer Dick Hill,” Police Chief Al Jones wrote on social media. “You don't last 50 years in policing unless you absolutely love it and cherish the positive impact it allows you to make.
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