We welcome Officer Dave McElroy (left) to the police force. Mayor Mazzari (right) administered the oath of office to Officer Dave who began patrolling the streets on January 13th. If you see Officer Dave out and about, give him a warm welcoming to our community.
Chief Monte L. Vance (Interim)
Monte L. Vance has been appointed by Mayor Mazzari as Safety Service Director/Police Chief (Interim) to fill the vacancy created when Chief Weckesser stepped down. Monte Vance is a 42-year police veteran who has served the roles over the past 42 years as a patrol officer, sergeant, captain, and chief of police from 1999 to 2015 when he retired as chief in 2015. He maintained his commission since 2015 with the department assisting Chief Weckesser with administrative duties and now has come out of retirement to act as Safety Service Director/Police Chief (Interim). Interim Chief Vance says he looks forward to renewing past acquaintances, creating new ones, and assisting the Village of Danville and its Police Department in moving forward. Interim Chief Vance wishes Chief Weckesser the very best in his upcoming tenure as Knox County Sheriff and looks forward to working with him to provide the citizens of Knox County with the best law enforcement service possible. He says that Chief Weckesser has made the Danville Community proud in his service as their Police Chief over the past 10 years and will strive to continue adding to the great work he did during the time he's Interim Police Chief.
Det. John Bartolucci
We want to acknowledge the exemplary work that our own Det. John Bartolucci has done and for the recognition he received from the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations for his team's great work in the rescue of a minor victim of child sexual abuse and the arrest of the offender.
Det. Bartolucci is a part-time Detective for the Danville Police Department and is instrumental in investigating an array of crimes including internet crimes here locally. Det. Bartolucci is full-time with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Franklin County where he is assigned as a Task Force Officer with the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Secret Service doing investigations and Digital Forensics. We are proud of the work that Det. Bartolucci has done getting sexual pedophiles off our streets so they can no longer victimize our youth.
