By Julia Bertino
Dec 24, 2020
An officer who has served on the Moline Police Department for decades is hanging up his gun and badge.
The Moline Police Department congratulated Officer Michael Powell for his 33 years of service. MPD says 29 of those years have been with them, with Powell joining the department on January 6, 1992. Powell spent the first four years of his policing career with the East Moline Police Department.
He served on several patrol shifts, as a Bicycle Officer, Traffic Investigations Specialist, and aboard Marine 11. Officer Powell most recently served as a Services Officer in charge of overseeing the thousands of pieces of evidence that come through the Moline Police Department every year.