It’s an honor and privilege for me to serve as your Chief Probation Officer.  I’m excited about the opportunity to work with the men and women of the Mohave County Probation Department in performing the Department’s Mission to protect the public, hold offenders accountable, and provide probationers with opportunities for constructive change.  

I’m committed to reducing crime and keeping neighborhoods safe in Mohave County by developing partners in our communities to help us supervise probationers in the neighborhoods where they live and work.  We’ll keep the public and victims of crimes informed and involved in the probation process, we’ll enforce violations of probation quickly and strongly and we’ll work hard to get probationers a chance at meaningful treatment and rehabilitation as well as assist them in making restitution to the victims and the communities for the damage they’ve caused. 

If you have any questions or any issues you’d like to discuss please feel free to contact me at 928.753.0741 Extension 4157 or you may e-mail me at Fwalker@courts.az.gov.

About the Chief Probation Officer

Chief Friend Walker was born in northeastern Pennsylvania and is married to the former Debra Jean Enslin also of Pennsylvania. They have two grown daughters - Tonia Walker-Bodiford and Stephanie Walker-Meadows. Chief Walker served in the United States Air Force (USAF) for over 25 years where he held a variety of challenging command and other positions to include Training Director for the USAF Special Investigations Academy and Director of Operations for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' Washington Field Office. Chief Walker also served as Chief of Police for Collinsville, Illinois and was an Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Department of Defense Criminal Investigation Task Force at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Walker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management from the New School for Social Research, a Masters degree in Criminal Justice from Grambling State University and a Masters of Military Operational Art and Science from Air University's Air Command and Staff College. Walker taught criminal justice subjects for Cochise College, Central Texas College and the University of Maryland University College and has taught national and international security studies for the Air Command and Staff College. Walker assumed his duties as Chief Probation Officer for Mohave County in October 2006.